AdminSep 25, 20184 min readThe Eulogy I Didn't Give In ChurchJune 25, 1977 was the first time my mother ever asked me for a cigarette. I laughed a little and pulled out my pack, gave her one and a...
AdminJun 6, 20181 min readSolstice BabyOriginal post: December 21, 2017 Deep in December my mom would focus her eyes on some distant memory. She'd say, "We didn't think we...
AdminJun 6, 20184 min readMy Brother's EulogyOriginal post: October 5, 2017 When my brother's health began to deteriorate several years ago, I wrote a letter to his estranged...
AdminJun 5, 20182 min readMy brother, PaulOriginal post: April 22, 2016 I usually begin the conversation with: He was driving an ambulance when it was broadsided by a truck. Then...
AdminJun 4, 20182 min readHe Asked Her To Dance Post 4: Learning from PhotosOriginal post: March 5, 2014 I acquired the photo above from my cousin. His dad and mine were brothers. In the email that accompanied the...
AdminJun 3, 20182 min readOne Day at a TimeOriginal Post: 5/20/2013 It's been a long journey to get to this point with Paul, and even though it appears that he is worse for wear,...
AdminJun 3, 20182 min readAnd Now for Some Good NewsOrigianl post: February 17, 2013 Last week I went to Paul's room at the Drake Center but Paul wasn't there. His roommate said that he's...
AdminJun 3, 20182 min readTransitionsOriginal post: February 6, 2013 What is in the apartment of a sixty-year-old man who has long-term brain injury? Here's a few things:...
AdminJun 3, 20183 min readThis is PaulOriginal post Janury 9, 2013 This is my brother, Paul. He turned 60 years old in December. Paul is wheelchair bound, and lives in an...
AdminJun 3, 20182 min readPaul's Progress, Keeping My SanityOriginal post January 22, 2013 I left for vacation 9 days ago, thinking that Paul's situation had changed, and it had. He was moved from...
AdminJun 3, 20183 min readPaul, Alice and the Mad HatterOriginal post January 27, 2013 This is the thing with brain injury, it's like going down the rabbit hole with Alice, treacherous and...
