Archive For The “Death” Category

Further Down the Rabbit Hole

By | February 17, 2012

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The rudeness of our first OB prompted me to get a second opinion. I couldn’t deal with her and her miracles. I needed someone to tell me the truth or at least act like they cared. I called into work and made an appointment with a different practice where one of their female doctors was [...]

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Down the Rabbit Hole

By | February 15, 2012

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It began with the hot flashes. It was September, after all, and the building that I work has an air conditioner that is notorious for breaking. I kept telling my friends at work that it must be “The Change.” Which doesn’t happen at the ripe old age of 28, so it seemed like a good [...]

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On this day, 365 days ago

By | October 5, 2010

My sweet Potato, It was on this day, at this moment, 365 days ago that your father called me at work and said, “You need to come now. She is really cold, and they won’t let me see her.” You were sick, and I had stayed home with you for part of that day. You [...]

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The Dead

By | October 4, 2010

By Billy Collins

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The Family Plot

By | April 26, 2010

Most families don’t have a family plot. Mine does. It’s at the Greenwood Cemetery close to downtown Orlando, and my family has been buried there since the 1930s. It’s on the first hill as you drive in, and family legend has it that J. Ray Arnold purchased the plot under the conditions that no other families would be [...]

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Losing People is One of the Hardest Parts of Growing Up

By | April 11, 2010

When I was 12, Kelly, my mom and I went to the Sony Ericsson with my Uncle Charlie (on the right in the picture above). Uncle Charlie was my Papa’s (left in above picture) older brother, and at the time he was 76 and LOVED to talk. He talked during every match that we watched on center [...]

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