Our bio-Dad is now living with us. That's good and sad. His other daughter doesn't want to deal with him anymore and his son was verbally and emotionally abusing him. Of course neither of them have the balls to tell him they dumped him here. Instead they told him he's on vacation. So we'll see how that goes. I'm waiting to see how long he can ( Read more... )

 We survivors are thrown into this water clothed in what we think is our armor, years of creating it's shield only to find it immediately begins to soak through. At first our carefully constructed armor protects us from the jagged rocks  and even the fall from the peak. Only to later snag, drag and gag us in the water eddies and rapids.

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M's Yartziet, stone unveiling, was really beautiful but gut wrenchingly painful for everyone. Except that is me Ravin, still I feel nothing. I had hoped this would be the moment when the flood gates would open, but yet again they didn't. Mine was the only dry eye in the place ( Read more... )

The M's Yartziet stone unveiling will be next Sunday. The stone was seen so we know it's there this time, the Rabbi had a few free times and this was the best leaving enough time to make arrangements ( Read more... )

Big day for the kid. He walked the walk and graduated. He's a man on his way to a life of many possibilities. It was silliness, but warming to see so many young people we've known since grade school on their way to bright futures ( Read more... )

We love you M, forever and ever and again.
Happy Birthday, dearheart.

Your Moms

****Edit: Thank you everyone for your warm and compassionate wishes.