Category: Little Observations

by Ed February 18, 2011 1

Revision!!!

Beckett has made such significant progress in the last 24 hours that the doctors now estimate he will tentatively beContinue Reading

by Ed February 17, 2011 1

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Rise and Shine

Sometimes a good night’s sleep in your bed; a cup of coffee and breakfast (with some fresh squeezed OJ fromContinue Reading

by Ed February 16, 2011 1

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Pride and Prejudice

It’s all become too much, really. This exhaustion; this cycle. Could you tolerate this disruption from the norm? I’ve doneContinue Reading

by Ed February 14, 2011 3

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Happy Valentine’s Day

Beckett made this this morning to hang on his hospital room door. Later today, the nurses and hospital staff willContinue Reading

I’ve written professionally about politics, utilities, crime and dabbled in creative writing most of my adult life. In 2011, and again in 2017, my son was diagnosed with Guillain-Barre, a rare disorder in which the body’s immune system attacks the nervous system. He’s recovered twice. Both times, this blog became both a way to communicate universally with those who cared about him; but also as a place for me to cope with the fear and uncertainty of serious illness.

I’m still trying to understand what it all means – the love, the pain, the sadness, the demons, the joy – we encounter daily. Somethings I write those thoughts out, in all their random forms. That’s what you get here.