Tag: family

Day 1: Without Hnn-Hnn and Bumpa

11 January, 2014 (13:41) | Daddy Log

It’s been less than 24 hours since I dropped hnn-hnn (Jan-Jan) and Bumpa off at the airport.  Survival mode is already engaged.  The Mirkwood fog must have been pouring through the vents as we slept.  What day is it?  What’s that noise?  What’s that smell?  I sold my soul to the sirens of Sesame Street […]

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In the house that was built by my grandfather’s hand

22 November, 2012 (12:00) | Memories

My mom didn’t know her biological dad right away. I think it was her teen years, but you’d have to ask her for the details. Anyway, when we were kids, we’d go visit Grandfather Warnick. That’s what we called him. We’d just go over for a few hours on a Saturday and sit around and […]

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Sister I see you dancing on the stage of memory

25 October, 2012 (12:00) | Dreams

I had a weird dream that my 4 sisters, my mom, and I were all watching old slides with my step-grandfather (pap-pap) and grandmother.  We’re flipping through the slides and we get to one of people posing around a birthday cake on a table.  It’s from the early 80’s.  I don’t recognize anyone in the […]

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put me in a wheelchair, get me to the show, Hurry hurry hurry, before I go loco

11 October, 2012 (12:00) | Thoughts & Ideas

What do single people with no friends do when they have to get an operation? How about people from out of town, either as exchange students or just long term work assignments? How do you get yourself to and from a place while you’re under anesthesia? When I had to get foot surgery, It required […]

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Hall’s Rule of Social Order – #22

23 July, 2012 (12:00) | Hall's Rules of Social Order

Don’t keep your personal struggles secret.   That’s what’s making it a personal struggle.  Share it.  Expose it.  The only way to get rid of the dark is to bring in the light!  Don’t be ashamed!  Don’t assume you can handle it on your own!  The sooner you tell friends the sooner you can get […]

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Hall’s Rule of Social Order – #21

16 July, 2012 (12:00) | Hall's Rules of Social Order

Never be too prideful to ask or accept help.   Don’t be ashamed to get counseling or professional help either.

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