When I was 6, my sister was traumatized by a clown at the birthday party I shared with my one year old brother, just before we moved away from California to Little Rock, AR, where I remember having one friend I used to walk around the military housing with, in ’87. Then we moved notContinue reading “I haven’t slept yet.”
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My State of Mind Today
Halfway through 2023
Our little Stitch turned 6 yesterday. We celebrated by playing with him, watching Curious George as a family on the couch. He likes chocolate chip cookies, so I got a giant one as his cake. He licked all the icing off, and is saving the cookies for some unknown future time they may taste better,Continue reading “Halfway through 2023”
I’m tired of fighting with my sister.
If my sister trusted me, I could just tell her my perspective and she could compare it with hers and ask questions to clear up any disparity. My best friend said she trusted me because we have so much good history, and this is the first time I have lashed out at her, ever. AndContinue reading “I’m tired of fighting with my sister.”
In exploring my family history, I better understand myself.
As it turns out, my aunt had to work when her big sister went into labor with me. My grandmother attended my mother in the hospital. She and my mother have both passed now. My grandmother married a dairy farmer in the late 50s in Maryland. Mom was their first child, followed by twins twoContinue reading “In exploring my family history, I better understand myself.”
I figured out what book I most need to write today.
42 years ago right now, 699 miles north of my current home, my 19 year old mother labored for me in the same hospital in which her mother had delivered her: Roanoke Memorial Hospital in Roanoke, Virginia. I wondered if her sister was there, if her mother was. I’ve given birth; now I want toContinue reading “I figured out what book I most need to write today.”
Adventures of an Earthborn Alien 