Two years ago, following my 13th major operation, my dad told me to focus on April 1 as if it was going to represent some type of symbolic time when my life was going to start and all of the pain I had gone through would be put behind me. I had undergone kock pouch surgery February 11 of that year so […]
Last month at this time my grandmother said something that she coincidentally just said to me when I was out to dinner with her last night. The first time she said it was right after my grandfather’s funeral and she was spending the night. My parents went out to pick up my dogs from doggie […]
I have recognized the need to have something that symbolizes an escape from the rest of the world more and more these past couple of weeks. The passing of my grandfather has understandably affected everyone in my family and we are all trying to get by the best we can. We all cope differently and […]