We are being held captive by a garden gnome who only weighs about 8 lbs. He needs to eat, we feed him; he needs to have his diaper changed, we change him; he needs to sleep, we tip toe around him. He dictates our every move and we obey as we must. Every day there has been progress but each day comes with its highs and lows, and honestly we are exhausted from the details…
I want to thank you for letting me be myself again – Sly Stone sang this years ago but it is still applicable today.
There is a marquis down the street from the hotel in front of a Methodist Church that states the best thing about life is it always offers new beginnings. The hospital we have been going to every day has a lot of babies come through with fetal alcohol syndrome, a product of being too close to Appalachia said the nurses. They need to be held a lot because they wail, but by the time they…
It’s interesting that every person I have spoken here in this city has said they are trapped in Ohio. Seems to me it would be an easy decision to get in the car and go but most of them cite family and friends making it impossible for them to live anywhere else. Considering I live in a city with family I never see, I don’t truthfully understand that as a reason to stay in a…
I had an incredible conversation today with someone who is decades younger than me and it filled me with incredible hope about the world that Tin will inhabit. We spoke about how to operate in a world that is constantly tossing challenges and obstacles at us and how to stay centered and on point. The answer – believe – believe that there is a way to be that doesn’t require action sometimes, a way to…
I was speaking to a nurse yesterday in the hospital about her children – she has an 8 and 13 year old. She said they were good girls, however, the 13 year old almost 14 years old has a boyfriend who she really likes but wants to kill. And I asked why and the reason is the threat he brings to her daughter. I said I know that religious families can fall on that line…
We set out from New Orleans, me and my friend, the mother waiting to happen, enroute to pick up a baby who she was possibly adopting. And the journey of course has been bumpy and wild and naturally complicated. It took an obstacle course to get here, we arrived just minutes after the birth, we had to wait to see how things would go, and then today finally it was a day of getting to…
Last night we walked over to Tin’s godparent’s house for dinner and he was such a little boy, he sat at the table and he played the piano and he was such a big boy. Evan has a grand piano and little did Tin know until we were leaving that there were about 20 clarinets lying on the piano strings under the propped open top. When we were leaving, I picked him up and showed…
I went for a run today, my first outside in 2012 and I felt pretty darn good I must say. My spirits were soaring and I came back and sent a TWEET that said: @GreenlightGR Greenlight Global Re EPIPHANY – #1QueenDay – 1st long run, 1st GGR proposal, 1st GGR payment – See ya later 3 Kings Day, Hello 1 Queen Day. After I sent that and went down to take my shower, I thought…
We thought I was leaving to go pick up the baby but instead, it was another false alarm – so I unpacked the apples and put aside my road map for yet another night of blissful sleep. Last night, Tin put his favorite baby book – I Love You Stinky Face – into my traveling bag for the baby. He said when he comes he would give him his clarinet – Really?! both of us…