I wrote this back in 2016. I was finishing my MA program and had to write a personal essay. I never ended up with children and as I am now in the late stages of perimenopause, it’s unlikely at best that I would ever be able to. But before I digress… The first time I […]
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I hadn’t heard the Nirvana version of this until I was this many days old. But as a little kiddo, the Terry Jacks version was one of my favorite songs. Here’s both of them for you to enjoy:
This song is so bittersweet for me. It has become both the sweetest and the saddest song in my life. When my dog was dying, I held him in my arms and sang this song to him. And when my sister and I were sitting with my mom while she was dying, I sang this […]
My mama liked this song. She wasn’t really an optimistic person but she was always hopeful. And I think that this song buoyed her sense of hope. One thing I know for sure, through all of the struggle life threw her way, she never forgot how to smile.
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I talked to my mom early on the morning of January 10th. I got a call at 5:55 a.m. from one of the nurses at the facility she was in. They wanted to know if I wanted her sent back to the emergency room because they were having trouble maintaining her oxygen levels. My mom […]
I don’t know about you but I’ve always loved the Young Guns movies and Bon Jovi. To this day, you can catch me belting this song out while I’m tearing down the road on my way to wherever. These movies made me want to marry Lou Diamond Phillips when I was a kid. But eventually […]
Back in 2000-ish, I was living in Orange, CA and working at a Barnes & Noble in Santa Ana. I was broke (because I was working at Barnes & Noble) so my transportation options were feet, bus, or bike. I went with bike. As I was riding home one afternoon, a man rode up next […]
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