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I can’t make this stuff up

having your priorities totally screwed

on August 25, 2010 in I can't make this stuff up

Tweet Florida holds most of all I hold dear. Many years I lived in Daytona Beach.  Then I resided with my family in Tampa for years. Two very different areas. Two very different experiences. My parents live there. My best friend. My next best friend. The person I could call on a Sunday night if [...]

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the dream time

on August 18, 2010 in I can't make this stuff up

Tweet It was hard to explain how real my dreams felt. The coma-stage feelings were very hard to shake. There was whole series of dreams where I was in my bed but I watched those around me watching baseball. Baseball. My reality seemed to be watching the people I loved move around me and talk [...]

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i have never been so happy about dirty underwear in my life

on August 15, 2010 in I can't make this stuff up

Tweet A few weeks ago I complained. Nothing terribly new, I feel like I complain every day. But I was complaining about something very specific.  How sad it made it made me to get rid of my mattress. Oh, I’ll get rid of it.  It’s older than dirt. But, I complained about the emotions that [...]

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at least you were as wrong as I was

on August 9, 2010 in Faith

Tweet Way back when Peter and I were first asked to speak at Blogher, he almost said no because he was worried about crowd control. I laughed. As we got closer to the date he worried some more about getting crowded and me feeling overwhelmed.  I laughed. In the weeks just before we left, Peter [...]

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wherever you are, you’re not there

on July 30, 2010 in I can't make this stuff up

Tweet I used to try to get out of the bed. When I was in the nursing home, I learned there were very different rules in there. And I tried to get out of bed back when I had a feeding tube, they made me wear a diaper, and I laid in a bed most [...]

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