It is with a heavy heart that I must announce the passing of Howard Wayne Smith.

Howard was David solaswolfen's grandfather. He was admitted to the hospital on Monday for digestive issues and passed this morning from complications of a heart attack ( Read more... )

It is with much happiness and great pride that I get to make the following statement.

Happy Birthday SolasWolfenIt was 26 years ago that you came into this world, and I am so very happy that you did. For the last six of those years you have given me a reason to get up in the morning and a smile on my face each night as I go to bed. I can not even begin to ( Read more... )

Wow, I almost let the entire month of July pass without making a post. I guess because July was not a very active month I had little to write about. I have missed several people's birthdays. So my sincerest apologies and belated birthday wishes to the following people: heckleshyena, king_duncan, carinbear, and wolfyleeIn other news I have graduated from my first year of AmeriCorps. ( Read more... )

On matters of life and death I have a rather blase attitude. I realize that death is the only certain thing in this world. Everyone who is alive right now will someday die. This fact is absolute. But it still sucks. I have known my fair share of death. My Aunt Mary died when I was 11 and hers was the first funeral I attended. Over the years ( Read more... )

For those of you who do not know, David's (solaswolfen) grandmother passed away this morning. His post about this passing can be found here. It is hard for me as well. Not because I knew his grandmother very well but because I know that David is hurting and I want more than anything to take that pain away and let him know that things will be ok. I hurt ( Read more... )