Tag: life
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“Justice”
It’s been twenty years and I can still feel his hands on me. My skin burns – I am a patchwork quilt of scalding handprints. My arms. My neck. My legs. My face. Places you aren’t supposed to mention in polite company – but how could I ever be considered good or polite now? I…
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Danger, Will Robinson
When you are chronically ill, hope is a dangerous thing. At first you do. You hope. You hope fiercely. It’s what gets you through so many doctor appointments and awkward procedures and pain-filled days. Hope is what gets you through. But eventually, that hope fades. After going to get the ninth second opinion, your hope…
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Retrospect
I feel a bit guilty about not writing more about 2014. There is a non-trivial part of me that feels I should have shared more about my adventures in the moment. There is absolutely no arguing that 2014 was an EPIC year for me. It was my first year of marriage. I traveled the world,…
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A New Normal
You know what’s weird to lack? A daily routine. Most people have some variant of get up, go to work, come home, sleep with a bunch of little personal details. What they eat for breakfast, if they eat breakfast, do they eat with a spouse or on the way to work and etc. That sort of…
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Doctor, Doctor
Turns out I do not, in fact, have a bad case of loving you. I have a bad case of nobody knows what the fuck is up with my body. On the bright side, there is in fact medical terminology for what’s up with my body: Isolated, Idiopathic Colonic Ischemia. Basically the blood stops flowing…
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Two Weeks Notice
Today marks living in Japan for two weeks. If I had it my way, Will and I would probably never leave. I don’t like change. Or maybe it’s just that I’ve has so much of it in the last year. Either way, I dragged my feet quite deeply about moving here. I was scared. I…
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Japan – First Blush
For the first time in my life, I am a morning person. To be clear, I don’t think this will last, but waking up and being cheerful an hour before Will is a very odd experience. It was nice to watch the day break in our neighborhood and start cataloguing all of the differences between here…
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Pretending To Be An Adult
Packing, no, sorting goes well. My closet has been divided into three piles. Required during travel, shipping to Will, or Goodwill. This was a lot easier than I thought it would be. Champagne and girl friends were not required. Which is good, because I don’t have both of those things here, anyways. Guess who cleaned…
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VEDA Thougts
While I did recently take a bit of a break from VEDA do to real world priorities like homework, so far, I’ve really enjoyed the process. In fact, I’ve enjoyed it so much that I’ve joined the Vlogtastic Five and from now on, I’ll be doing two videos on Friday. You can find my regular…
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