Terrible Awful: 2011 edition
No word exists in the English language to quantify how abominable, appalling, atrocious, bad, calamitous, deplorable, deplorable, dreadful, horrible, intolerable, miserable, repulsive, tragic,...
View ArticleKisses for sister
Won't he be the best big brother? When I look at this photo, I see pure love. Adam’s staring into my eyes as he kisses Tatum. These are the images I want to take with me from this time in my life–...
View ArticleOnly a few more hours…
Posing by the azaleas in our driveway - Easter '09 My chauffeur will arrive in two and a half hours to take me to the hospital. I’ve been up for over an hour now. The realization that I wouldn’t be...
View ArticleBroken hearts and the organization that shall not be named
Adam loves his bike despite the fact that it's entirely too big for him. Last night my heart broke all over again. How I even have a heart left to break is beyond me. I know I must forge ahead and be...
View ArticleDevastation
DISCLAIMER: Mentioning Will in Cocktails With Hemingway exacerbates an already precarious situation. How do I tread that fine line? Appearing ‘too soft’ on him sends the message that I’m making...
View ArticleHotel California
My Christmas tree remains standing, fully decorated with presents unopened. It will not come down until Adam comes home. Whenever that may be…. Nothing says ‘welcome home’ like my internet from...
View ArticleIs this really happening?
Ten glorious days with Tatum transported me to a blissful state, much like a dream. She’s gone now. And I’m wide awake. How much more must we endure? With infinite love, gratitude, and respect, Sloane...
View ArticleFirst Birthday Parties
Time flies. Where has this past year gone? I feel as though I barely know my daughter. My son has never met his sister. Child ‘Welfare’ Services in San Luis Obispo County failed my children on such a...
View ArticleMBC11
• March Blog Challenge • Day 11: Last book you read For those of you unfamiliar with Damien Echols and the ‘West Memphis Three’ here is some background. Let it be known that I have researched this case...
View ArticleSacramento Failed Matthew Hernandez
What sort of despicable creature kills their son in cold blood with a hatchet? Only a monster– pure evil that is incomprehensible to the rest of us– could murder their own child. Matthew Hernandez...
View ArticleDomino effect
The accidental drowning of three-year-old Ava Grace Hart launched a domino effect impacting countless individuals. Her parents, Tasha Morrow and Will Hart, shared their angel with the world. Relying...
View ArticleWrath and grapes
My philosophy: “Never go to bed mad. Stay up and fight.” ~ Phyllis Diller His philosophy: “Anger, if not restrained, is frequently more hurtful to us than the injury that provokes it.” ~ Lucius...
View ArticleYou are NOT “pro-life.”
I despise the term “pro-life.” It’s such a glaring misnomer and I refuse to use it anymore. Let’s call it what it really is: anti-choice. Although I would love nothing more than to to shame the...
View Article*R.i.P.* Tiffany
Tiffany Lee Brandon Lawrence 8/6/1988 – 4/10/2015 Tiffany <3 Sweet darling, I only had the privilege of meeting you once, and talking to you a few times after that. You made such an impression on...
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