canh tran~ I love you and always will. amen.

Today we must balance the tears of sorrow with the tears of joy. Mix the bitter with the sweet in death and life.

Jackie as a figure in history was a rock in the water, creating concentric circles and ripples of new possibility. He was medicine. He was immunized by God from catching the diseases that he fought. The Lord's arms of protection enabled ( Read more... )

He and I used to joke about getting married. We'd argue about who actually stood who up at the altar. I liked him; we were friends. I wouldn't have descibed him as anything other than a good guy ( Read more... )

Phil Hartman was in my dream last night.

Somehow, we both new that his death was in the near future. Only in my dream, we said it was going to be a heartattack. But he walked me home, and arm in arm on the night sidewalk, he made jokes about death and about me crying about his impending death. When we reached my house, he helped me set the table ( Read more... )

I find it really hard to understand why certain people find themselves at a point in their lives, left with only suicide. I know that it happens all the time and not everything is as it seems, so I can't possibly expect anyone who has an impact on my life to stick around for the entire time that I might need them, but I still  find myself grasping ( Read more... )

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"This guy's walking down the street when he falls in a hole. The walls are so steep he can't get out. A doctor passes by and the guy shouts up, 'Hey you. Can you help me out?' The doctor writes a prescription, throws it down in the hole and moves on. Then a priest comes along and the guy shouts up, 'Father, I'm down in this hole can you help me out ( Read more... )