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I saw someone that looks like my brother today. It always stops me in my tracks. Always. It makes my heart beat faster. I start having crazy thoughts.
He was hunched over at the liquor store doing some stocking....
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My children are playing together quietly in the other room. I hear them whispering to each other. They are playing nicely.
My children.
They are 6, 4 & 2. This doesn’t happen often. The quiet playing nicely thing. I have a minute so I thought I’d write.
I have gone quiet since last Friday. Since Newtown. Since the...
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On Friday afternoon before I picked up N at school, I sent an email off to his teachers. His current 1st grade teacher and his Kindergarten teacher from last year.
I was feeling overwhelmed by the news of the shooting in Newtown and just profoundly sad. Also, thankful. I am thankful for the teachers my child has had so far. We...
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Seventeen years ago today was the worst day of my entire life. I hope that it stays at number one and nothing surpasses it, because I don’t think I could handle it. My brother died on March 19, 1995. His name is Daniel, Dan, Danny, Bean.
This post is a blatant attempt to have you make me feel better. Here’s how it...
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Day 20 - Handwriting.
This handwriting is from notes between my brother and I almost 17 years ago. Before texting and twitter and facebook, before cell phones, for goodness sake. People wrote each other notes.
I’ve saved these seemingly innocuous notes because 3 days later he was gone. He was having surgery the...
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They said WHAT?