I came home on Thursday night and I knew by roommate had been drinking again. I can tell by the slant of her eyes and the vagueness of expression. That, and spotting the can of beer she was hiding under her pillow. At least this one wasn’t open yet. The pattern is becoming all too [...]
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Trying to be in the here and now
Posted in Drinking, Family on May 4, 2010 | 1 Comment »
Death and Taxes
Posted in Family on April 16, 2010 | Leave a Comment »
April 15, 1985 is the day my mother died. It was inevitable. Death and taxes, can’t escape ‘em. She died a week before her birthday.She missed the blooming of the tulips she had Dad plant the previous fall. She loved to garden, and that was the only time she didn’t participate in the planting. I [...]
Mourning doves
Posted in Family on April 14, 2010 | Leave a Comment »
I saw Frank and Vivian the other day. That’s what I call any pair of mourning doves that appear on the power lines in front of the house or anywhere I go. This time it was the power lines. They always show up whenever they need to remind me of my parents. As parents they [...]
Give me the serenity…….
Posted in Drinking, Family on April 13, 2010 | Leave a Comment »
Living with someone who has no control over their drinking is a challenge. If they were a happy drunk, it might be easier but they are not. Instead, they are a sloppy, depressed drunk and they are lost in their own world of self-destruction and cannot see that there is another way. They are not [...]
Happy Birthday, LCG
Posted in Family on April 10, 2010 | Leave a Comment »
I do hope you still have spring in your step!
Apology to a distant one
Posted in Family on April 8, 2010 | Leave a Comment »
Leigh, I am sorry I hurt you. I am sorry I let the tsunami of feelings over take my reason. But I held the feelings in for 30 years. I never said a word to anyone. I shouldn’t have trolled you. But I was over taken by my demons. Such a rush of oppressive feelings. [...]
