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Posted in life on Oct 10th, 2006
In the last year of my life:
Michele committed suicide after receiving a diagnosis of cancer
My mother’s lung cancer returned and was diagnosed as inoperable, untreatable, and terminal
After surviving with grace and dignity twice as long as predicted, my Mom passed away peacefully at home.
The acts of closure I engineered with my Mom not only gave [...]
Posted in relationships on Jul 28th, 2006
Meeting people through a computer services has pluses and minuses. One of the biggest minuses is the totality of the end of communication. Once either party moves the match to “closed” the other party is helpless. Over the past few days I have been exchanging messages with a woman who I found to be very [...]
Posted in relationships on Jul 20th, 2006
Here’s the thing, dating is filled with uncertainty. Gaps in your knowledge if you will. And we, as humans, love to fill gaps in our knowledge with fear. You send some one a note and don’t hear back for a day. Then two. Not knowing the reason why you start to assume the worst, they [...]
Posted in life on Jul 20th, 2006
As I move from acknowledging Michele’s death to accepting the new reality of life without her, I have become aware of the segmentation occurring within my personality. No, I’m not developing split personalities, although one could argue it would be hard to differentiate from my behavior prior to her death, but I am starting to [...]
Posted in relationships on Jul 16th, 2006
In addition to all the physical things I’ve started doing to take better care of me, I’ve also started to look towards the future. And that future is not one spent alone. For all my introversion and comfort being with myself, I am a social creature who craves contact with other people. My circle of [...]
