Daily Archive: December 21, 2005

21
Dec
2005

FOR ALL THAT YOU ARE

I don’t know everyone who is reading this journal. In fact, I don’t know the majority of you. I’ve met a few people “in real life” and I know that my family and some of the people I know, people I’m close to, people I’m friends with, read it…maybe not on a daily basis, but once in awhile I get a comment or an email to let me know someone stopped by. The community that this technology has opened up never ceases to amaze me. I am blessed by it every day. I wrote once, quite awhile ago, and can’t...

21
Dec
2005

LIGHT THE CORNERS OF MY MIND

I didn’t feel like writing anything yesterday, and then we were gone all evening, and by the time I got home I was too tired and sad to make the effort. Yesterday was the 9-year anniversary of my dad’s death. I felt like I should have done something more to mark the day, to remember him, but usually it just makes me mad because he didn’t NEED to die. He could have done so much to stop the downward slide. Around midnight as we were getting into bed, I said, “I should have called my mom,” and Anders told me...