From the monthly archives:

August 2010

So. Yeah.

August 29, 2010

So I was pretty sad this week.
I feel like I only write here now when I’m feeling upset or sentimental, and you all have to put up with all the sturm und drang. It’s not like that all the time, I swear.
The thing is, there isn’t a spare minute to record the daily chaos. I’m [...]

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The Twenty-Sixth

August 25, 2010

Dear Dad,
I’m usually asleep by now, but I’m thinking about you.
Tomorrow is your anniversary. Tomorrow marks six years since I heard your voice. It wasn’t the last time I saw your face — no, that is another date on the calendar. But in an hour, it will be August 26.
Your final day.
I still miss you, [...]

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Untitled

August 13, 2010

I miss my father.
He’s been dead for such a long time now. Longer than my daughter has been out of my womb. Longer than I’ve lived in my house. Longer than I ever could have imagined on that first day after we left him in the hospital, eyes closed and soul dispersed.
It sneaks up on [...]

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