It’s been almost two month’s since Brian died. Though I certainly can’t say I’ll ever be over it, I no longer feel that hurt shock when I think of him and remember that he died. I’ll keep a shrine to him. I’ll remember something about our time together every day. I’ll cope well. I had [...]
Archive of posts filed under the family category.
Pruning and Weaving
My son and I worked on the willow hut yesterday. Today I worked on some inherited spaghetti code. The winter die-off was woven in with new growth. It was difficult to find which part should be snapped off, which brought to the light, which woven back to hold the thing together. I snipped and pulled [...]
A Measure of Success
Flora put this above the door down to the basement, where my office is. This pretty much says it all. We broke even in March financially, and in its first week, April looks good. I’ve got a part-time job with customerforce along with a few new gigs, and some huge possibilities. After being in such [...]
I Now Know Five Things
I used to know four things. I mean really, really, know, for certain, in a shut-up-you-can’t-tell-me-otherwise. Because it’s important to feel this way about something, and dangerous to feel this way about the wrong things, I revisit the List of Things I Believe often. This time, I made a dramatic addition to the list while [...]
Going To Have To
Me: Hold on. Glove. Flora: Daddy, you don’t have to take a picture. Me: No, I don’t have to. I’m going to. Flora: Same thing.