Last weekend, Chris and I participated in an intensive weekend birthing class at Big Belly Services in Seattle. The class was based on Birthing from Within. In short, Birthing from Within focuses on labor as a process of self-discovery physically, emotionally and mentally. Rather than trying to avoid pain, this class focused a lot on [...]
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Family and (My Other Favorite Topic) Food
Despite being separated from my other half (that is really what it feels like sometimes–like he’s my other half and without him I’m just incomplete), I am having a wonderful time in Texas. So far, it has been a pretty relaxing trip. I’ve gotten to have lunch with my granddad before he took off for [...]
A New Year, A New Purpose
It’s 2010 and I couldn’t happier. Many wonderful things happened in 2009 (married my best friend, and got pregnant) but it was a tough year (step-dad went through cancer treatment, my pay was cut and my hours increased). I’m looking forward to a new year. And though I am optimistic every year, I do feel [...]
What I Learned in My 32nd Year
To commemorate my time as a 32 year old, here are few things I learned over the past year. I’m breaking this down into two categories: skills and concepts. Some things you learn how to do and something you just learn.
A Trip to Montana for Grandma Irwin’s Funeral
On Sunday, June 28, we found out that Grandma Irwin, Chris’ grandmother on his mother’s side, had fallen ill and was diagnosed with cancer of the esophagus in the short span of barely over a month. She was on a machine to help her breath and the family decided not to prolong her suffering and [...]
Request for Prayers and Healing Thoughts
My step-father, Johnny Ray, has been diagnosed with an unknown primary tumor, possibly above the neck, resulting in metastatic squamous cancer cells in his lymph nodes.
It began about three weeks ago, when Johnny Ray went to his primary care doctor about a swollen lymph gland. His doctor referred him to an ear, nose and [...]
Talk about Good People
I got chills after listening to this guy’s pitch to talk about good people. Today couldn’t be a better day to do this kind of activity. So I’m here to talk about good people.
On The Web
Keri Smith — She always has something interesting to say about living and about art. She makes living an [...]
What on the Internet?
I’ve tried to break it down into things to do, to buy, to amuse you and to think about. Enjoy!
Dem bones
These were the lovely bones that had grown around my absence: the connections—sometimes tenuous, sometimes made at great cost, but often magnificent—that happened after I was gone. And I begin to see things in a way that let me hold the word without me in it. The events that my death wrought were merely the [...]
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How happy is the blameless vestal’s lot!
I’ve been so busy setting up my new computer I’ve passed the opportunity to write about several topics.
Thursday night I watched my niece, so my brother and his wife could go out. I had a wonderful post about that night written in my head. Unfortunately, it never made its way into print and now [...]
