Loss & Grief
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January 2009 – I chose 5 blog posts and re-wrote it all as one post with some deeper reflection. Much of that month was spent healing, and on major painkillers, so the original posts were “blurry” so to speak. New Year’s Eve came and went quietly, like it had for years. We stayed home. The… Read more
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As long as I could remember I knew that my “dad” wasn’t my biological father. He helped raise me and he was there for me. He was/is a wonderful dad. However, I always longed to know the man with whom I shared genetics. When I was 19 years old my mom looked him up –… Read more
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For a long time, my life has felt like it’s been spiraling — honestly, ever since I cheated on my high school sweetheart. Sometimes I wonder if I’ve just been punishing myself ever since. Other times I wonder if I’ve simply been dealt a bad hand. When I was 20, I finally met my biological… Read more
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Sunday, November 23rd was the 9 year wedding anniversary of Jimmie and Becca Sanders. Jimmie is a guy I’ve known since my childhood, having grown up in the same apartment complex as him. And Becca was his wife. I met her a few years back when she and I lived in the same building. She… Read more
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