2020 Vision
I remember the first time I watched Disney’s version of Alice in Wonderland and wondering when, if ever, Alice would reach the bottom of the rabbit hole. The agony of [...]
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Four Score (but really only two months) Ago…
I faced the most daunting challenge of my life. A CT scan revealed that a 4cm mass of thyroid tissue had grown outside of my actual thyroid, and a biopsy determined it was [...]
Cancerous Thoughts
I sat in an uncomfortable chair in the ENT’s office after a long day at work. Between the everyday stress of working and raising my youngest son, I had the added weight [...]
Interview With a Trooper – Episode IX
Well hello there! It’s time again for me to answer questions from some strange person on the internet because evidently I have nothing better to do. Okay, nothing [...]
Interview With a Trooper – Episode VIII
It’s been a bit since I’ve posted an interview segment (because reasons), so I figured I’d get another post on the wall. How’s everyone doing?? What [...]
My Mother’s Shoes
Ten years ago I took a day off of work to drive my mother to the hospital for an angiogram. I remember waiting for hours as the procedure crawled by, but not much else. At [...]
Interview With a Trooper – Episode V
It’s the weekend! It’s time for another 25 questions with me! Lucky you! Or something… How old were you when you found out that Santa wasn’t real? 9 or [...]
21 Years
I didn’t know what I wanted to do after I graduated high school. I knew what I was supposed to do, though. I was to pick a college, bury myself in student loans, and [...]
Runaway Train
If we were having coffee you might raise an eyebrow at my SoCo and Coke. “I thought we were having coffee?” you might ask. To which I’d reply, “Coffee [...]
Make Mine an Irish
If we were having coffee I’d take my steaming hot cup o’ joe and apply a liberal dose of Bailey’s. It’s been that kind of week. If we were having [...]
