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Milestones

March 8, 2010

Well, we made it through Lily’s 8th birthday, but just barely.
Actually, she seemed okay most of the day, but I was really hurting. It was the six month anniversary of George’s death and seemed like a milestone to me in lots of ways. He’s gone, that’s for sure. No matter how well I know that [...]

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Reality Bites

January 14, 2010

Well, its been a week of facing facts.
Fact Number One: We are not going to be in the new house before school starts. I don’t think its possible. That is really disappointing, though not that surprising. I talked to the builder today and he told me he hoped to get us in before CHRISTMAS!!! Boo [...]

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The Voice in My Head…

January 6, 2010

We’re moving forward with the house. Yesterday I got some drawings of the proposed plan from the architect. I am asking for a couple of changes to it, but its starting to move in the right direction.
Our new house will face the pasture where George played as a child, and the mountains. It has peaks [...]

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My Decade, Plus a Year

December 23, 2009

It’s 3 am Tuesday night and I’m up again after falling asleep at 9pm and dragging up to bed confused and cross-eyed. Woke up thinking about the future and slid into thinking about the past… So I thought I’d walk through it and see if I can put it into perspective. This is an enervating [...]

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Back from the Future

December 20, 2009

I didn’t want to come back.
I guess that bodes well for a future in Asheville. I didn’t kick and scream when it was time to come home, but I easily could have. My reaction to returning to Reading confirmed what I’ve thought all along, that this place is terribly depressing without George. I lived [...]

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