Friday it'll be 20yrs since I lost that guiding voice that helped talk me through hard decisions & weird situations, my sister.
20yrs since a huge part of my life was utterly & unquestionably changed.
I still & will likely always remember the last words she said just months prior to her passing...
"We have so much more to talk about.":: with fathre ( Read more... )

2 weeks ago, Weds the 13th, I flew to ND to see my fathre, the 'Elder Tom,' who had been released from ICU w/ nothing more the doctors could do for him ( Read more... )

First off...
Merry Yule ( Read more... )

this wintertide is feeling unending, as we're hit with another massive snowfall - at least 6 inches during the day today with another storm coming in the next day/day-and-a-half ... we've hit a record for the month *sighs* ... at least it'll only be a couple months 'til I'm O'ahu/Hawai'i bound & warmer weather, whatever this wintertide continues to ( Read more... )

wintertide is unquestionably here as we've hit single digit & negative temps, expected to last well over a week *sighs*
but to expect anything less of wintertide here in the northern-midwest is a bit of wishful thinking, to say the least ( Read more... )

for the upcoming O'H! trip in april, flight, to/from-home/airport shuttle, & hotel have been booked ( Read more... )

09/25 5:45p ( Read more... )

Knowing Me ( Read more... )

Pain and loss are something I've been all-too familiar with in my life, in nearly all aspects available to be...
yet, still, new pain and new loss can hit like a ton of bricks, bringing up familiar yet unique emotions and thoughts alike.

the fact I got a call this morning at work was an immediate sign it had happened, before I even picked up the ( Read more... )

S'been kind of a mental week with ongoing things, but since (some?) people already think I'm crazy, I'm already at an advantage, right ( Read more... )