Usually, I'm a creature of thresholds. I like them. I find my own balance in them.

This experience, however... is not one conducive to equanimity ( Read more... )

First:  she's alive. She's exhausted, but stable and alert.

Second:  thank you. I don't have the depth of words to say how everyone's support--emotional, spiritual, moral, financial, and logistic--has been appreciated. The amount of light everyone has brought has pushed the dark back.

Third:  I'm okay. Exhausted, and battered, and I so want to ( Read more... )

Three years ago today, I had just arrived in Portland and was in the process of settling into my empty apartment. The vast majority of my things were still in California and wouldn't arrive for another week, and I would be starting my first day of school to work on my pre-reqs in a few days ( Read more... )

It strikes me that sometimes my imagination is too small ( Read more... )

It's just that so much has happened and keeps happening ( Read more... )

So... 37 ( Read more... )

I'm exhausted ( Read more... )

I guess the simplest thing to do is to just start and go from there ( Read more... )

I turned 35 today ( Read more... )

I'm feeling much better now ( Read more... )