A Tea-Tray in the Sky

During my time of avoidance we celebrated my mother's birthday. I was dreading it. I love my mother more than I ever knew and I hat...

I haven't been writing. More accurately I've been avoiding writing. Even more honest, I've been avoiding processing and dealing ...

You know the saying, "time heals all wounds." Maybe you've even said it yourself in an attempt to comfort someone. I am here t...

Good morning, fine friends. I really mean that. It is a good morning. Isn't that fantastic?! It started out rough. I pulled a Hatta a...

Here's a fun tidbit about me you probably didn't know...Hatta and I eloped to Vegas to get married. Not like yesterday or anything. ...

Growing up, in my family, I was always known as the computer savy one of the bunch. I was the youngest, so computers had been a part of my l...

June 9th, 2006, the day I got the call. That phone call changed my life forever. My story begins the Saturday before, in my mother's ho...

Mother's Day is on Sunday. For me, the day is very bittersweet. I can not fully embrace it with my mother no longer living. However, I a...

Quite a few years ago, Hatta and I lived with his grandmother. Her husband had recently died and she had developed lameness of some sort. Th...

I've been playing this game for awhile, maybe you've heard of it? It's called "How Long Can I Avoid Having My Wisdom Teeth ...

Today is my mom's birthday. This is the first year since 2006, when my mother died, that I have honestly attempted to celebrate this day...