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February 4, 2009 in Personal · 3 comments
A candid discussion about my anxieties and certainties about my wedding & marriage.
Read more of this article.You are my sunshine, my only sunshine
January 16, 2009 in Personal · One comment
One year ago today we had to put Cassie down. This is something I wrote a week later at work when I couldn’t think about or focus on anything other than my loss and my grief.
Read more of this article.Staring straight in the face looming tempest waves
January 3, 2009 in Personal · One comment
2008 was an interesting year. I feel, in many ways, like it’s far behind me, like it is a distinct and different chapter of my life entirely. It was a chapter of independence, of breakthroughs in personal honesty and truly of finding myself. This was the year that I truly came to understand who I am, who I love, and what I love. I wasn’t always right, and I’m still probably wrong or slightly off on a few things now, but I at least grew closer from where I was before.
Read more of this article.We grip at our hands, we hold just a little tight
November 3, 2008 in Personal, Recommended · No comments
Death is never easy, even when expected. Last week, my fiance’s aunt died after a two month battle against pancreatic cancer. Her decline was rapid, faster than her family was prepared for. But, in the wake of her death, sitting next to my soon-to-be mother-in-law, holding her hand as she looked at her newly departed sister, I couldn’t help but realize as I always do in the near aftermath of someone’s death — it brings people together. And from what little I’ve gathered of Coleen, that’s exactly what she would have wanted.
Read more of this article.You got to buckle up and face that stormy weather, together
October 2, 2008 in America, Locations, Personal, Recommended, Washington · 2 comments
This post is a little late, but I’ve been trying to decide the best angle to approach it from, what specific facet of this major event I wanted to discuss. I’m still not sure, to be entirely honest. But let’s lay it all on the table now before I ramble myself into a hole: I’m engaged. Last weekend Randy and I went up to Bellingham to check out some potential wedding venues. Saturday, between two venues and while looking for crabs at a waterfront park, Randy hid the ring beneath one, and after flipping it over on the pretense of looking for crabs, seeing two and asking, “Why did you have me flip this rock over,” then looking once more to see the ring as he moved to his knee, I found my jaw agape.
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