Call me heartless, because I probably am.

I talked with my mother on Sunday, and she let me know that my Aunt Sandy got diagnosed with Stage IV lung cancer. She's my step-father's sister, but they've been in my life since I was small. Anyway, her entire family is in total denial that this woman in her early fifties is likely going to die of cancer ( Read more... )

The story of Dad's liver transplant, and how it has changed me.

My father and I have always had kind of a difficult relationship. When I was young, he had some personal struggles that I begrudged him -- he was a pretty serious alcoholic and drug user. I said things about it that, while I meant them at the time, hurt him quite a lot. Children lack ( Read more... )