May 23 2006
Even my dreams last night were prayers. We lost Kathy, Laurel’s mom, on my birthday. I’ll be damned if I’m going to lose my step-mother on my birthday, too. Even so, I am torn. So, I pray for the best outcome … an outcome I can trust will be the right path for all of […]
May 10 2006
I haven’t seen the movie United 93 and I won’t. I defy terrorists and defeat terrorism every time I set foot on a plane. I think about flying now and a cold, strangling fear crawls up my spine. It wasn’t always this way. I loved flying; I loved feeling the plane take off from the […]
May 01 2006
Thanks, Rick, for all these years (wow, what now, 14 or 15?) of friendship, for your encouragement to write, for all the videos of X Files you taped and sent, for the care packages of coffee, cocoa, and favorite books. I could go on. And on. Thanks for adopting me, for calling me sister. For […]
Apr 26 2006
Wow. I have to copy these passages here. They’re from The Four Agreements, a book by Miguel Ruiz: The Second Agreement Don’t take anything personally. Nothing others do is because of you. What others say and do is a projection of their own reality, their own dream. When you are immune to the opinions and […]
Apr 25 2006
Thank you, Roddy. For all those nights 10 years ago when the world threatened to come crashing down around me. Thanks for the phone calls, your faith, and strength. I wouldn’t have survived without your help. Tonight I am reminded even more of just how blessed I am.