Well I just got the phone call. I knew it was odd that my mother was calling me in the morning. She never calls in the morning. It started out with a 'how was your night...you didn't get a tattoo did you' *nervous laugh* conversation, the whole time I'm thinking ok why are you REALLY calling? Then she slips in that my grandmother died early ( Read more... )

Gah. At first all I saw was brake lights and then the car in front of me slowed. We all skidded to a stop and then I saw it. A deer in the middle of the road. He was a young buck, confused, lashing his head back and forth, turning circles, and then finally bounding off a few feet into the corn field. Then I saw him turn back and look, rearing ( Read more... )

Maggie killed a baby bird yesterday :( She's such a demon. I felt horrible since I feel responsible for my yard and all its creatures that live there. It was a baby robin, just released from its nest and innocently frolicking around in the grass. Before I could blink, maggie had it in her mouth and was tossing it in the air. I screamed at her ( Read more... )

Today was a day of death. The strange thing is that I really didn't feel sad or bothered by it... I feel peaceful and like part of the great wheel. One of my residents, she's been actively dying for days with her family members draped around her bedside, holding her hand and telling her it was ok to just go. They finally decided it was ok to ( Read more... )