Monday, March 28th, 2011
The funeral director wore a yellow tie emblazoned with clocks. Clocks. Every single clock stated that is was three o’clock. I don’t know if it was AM or PM but all I took away from the experience of the yellow tie was “your time is up.” I couldn’t tear my eyes away from that tie. [...]
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Thursday, March 17th, 2011
Everyone just assumes that I’m Irish because of my red hair and fair complexion. The fact of the matter is that I’m a mutt – an amalgam of any number of Nationalities (I’m guessing there’s a few that I am NOT a part of) – but, sure. I’ll be Irish. Aye. Especially today. I am [...]
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Tuesday, March 15th, 2011
I watched a shadow dance across the wall of mom’s intensive care unit. It was soothing – much nicer than looking at my mother’s terribly swollen hands, the IV’s that angrily poked into areas surrounded by bright blue and purple bruises, or the tubes that snaked in through her mouth to help her breathe. Yes, [...]
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Thursday, March 10th, 2011
Today is a fairly new holiday… someone tweeted that there should be an International Day of Awesomeness and the Powers That Be commanded it to be set in stone. It’s also Chuck Norris’ birthday, so I think International Day of Awesomeness came into existence 71 years ago when Chuck was born. Chuck is the bomb. [...]
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