Nov 07 2011
For months and months, I hardly wrote because I didn’t have much to say, and I was feeling really discouraged. Now, I’m finding it difficult to make new posts because I have so much going on that I hardly have time to write. I have a lot to say, but I don’t have enough time [...]
Oct 20 2011
If life had special camera lens effects, right now it would s-t-r-e-t-c-h out and a second later condense almost to the point of implosion… like a dying star. For the next two months, things are crazy busy, and as long as I’m being honest, I’m more than a teensy bit stressed. That being said, I [...]
Oct 06 2011
BOY! Finally, finally, finally I can share some great news. Really, “great” isn’t the right word. Fantastic, amazing, life-changing? They still don’t reflect the exact sentiment I’d like to convey. Late last week, I received a call from our caseworker just after the work day wrapped up. Typically, when she calls us to discuss a [...]
Feb 24 2011
Waiting to be matched makes me think a bit of a science fiction movie. It feels like being in the suspended animation of hypersleep– or rather, how I imagine it to feel. Only, unlike hypersleep, you are painfully aware of every second that passes as life moves on around you. It recently occurred to me [...]
