The first thing I saw yesterday morning was the message that you died. I crumpled to the floor, weeping that I never told you how much I love you. I…
I am having the hardest time right now, darling. I’m in an attic apartment surrounded by boxes I am not able to unpack all by myself. I mean, I can…
trigger warning: sexual assault; the world This is a post about Brett Kavanaugh. This is a post about Donald Trump. This is a post about the man who put his…
Honestly, we always meant to remodel the house. We bought property in the neighborhood we wanted to live in, and the house was in rough enough shape that we could…
As she pushes the contrast agent through the IV in my left arm, the MRI technician commends me for doing such a great job so far. The non-contrasted images are just fine,…
I’m working again, sort of. My full-time job of pain management has been successful enough that I am able to type for about and hour and a half a day,…
If I was hoping for some kind of vacation – even temporary – from pain after surgery, my nerves had other ideas. Just a few weeks after coming home from the…
And so, it is gone. From the moment I woke up in the recovery room, I knew the procedure had improved my life. And with the giddy rush of Dilaudid making the absence of…
A lot of non-Islander folks have asked me if I liked Disney’s Moana and what I thought of how they handled Pacific Islander culture. It’s difficult to gauge how I should, or want to, or am…
From my bed I hear the sounds of our usual family chaos. My daughter gallops across the living room floor, shaking the ceiling above me. There are downsides to a basement…
