McJOURNEY THANKS July 5th, 2008 – I was here in South Carolina, waiting most of the day for the phone call. When it came, it tilted my world to a precarious angle and shifted the foundation of all I thought was solid in my life. Breast cancer. The second cancer in one year. I wasn’t […]
KINDRED SCARS Finally. F-I-N-A-L-L-Y! Dotsy and I met over the Internet many months ago. Her daughter found me by Googling Microcystic Adnexal Carcinoma and, as it turns out, the two of us are among the only 300 reported cases of MAC worldwide. And that’s just the beginning of what we have in common! We’d never […]
DEFLATER MOUSE Photos taken during and after a recent rainstorm. My mom and I were driving back from the airport after I arrived in the States a couple weeks ago, and I was behind the wheel. Jetlag, you see, isn’t much of an issue when there are O’Charley’s chicken fingers at the end of the […]
(Don’t see a red background? Please click here: https://www.xanga.com/serenitymine) My world has been somewhat focused on renovations, lately. And not just because my decrepit kitchen was recently replaced by a shiny new one (thank you, dear landlady!). No, my obsession with renovation came from a writing project that has monopolized my imagination for the better […]
(Don’t see a red background? Click here to be redirected: https://www.xanga.com/serenitymine) * A gallery of grad-week pictures follows this post * Graduation was yesterday, and though I tend to think I’m a bit of a sap when it comes to these events at BFA, I was comforted to read our director’s words this morning. I […]
(If you’re not seeing a dark red background, please click here! https://www.xanga.com/serenitymine) MORE PHOTOS OF SPRING PARTY AND EUROPA PARK AT END OF POST! …and even more on Facebook! It was 98 degrees in an overcrowded amusement park, and I’d had the bad idea of tagging along for the seven-hour day. Now, under the best […]
(Facebook readers, if you’re not seeing a red background, click here: https://www.xanga.com/serenitymine) SKIP TO THE END OF THIS POST FOR PICS OF MY KITCHEN REMODEL!!!! (The initial part of this post might seem a bit long, but if you’re a senior, someone who loves a senior or a bystander who wants to understand the unique […]
(If you’re not reading this on the Xanga website [burgundy background, white lettering], please click here to be redirected! https://www.xanga.com/serenitymine) It’s official. Junior-Senior Banquet is behind us. As much of a celebration as it is, the event is also a bittersweet reminder of the finite number of days remaining in which to cherish this tenuous […]
In loving memory of my grandma, Margaret Parks. June 30, 1913 – April 29, 2009 She was a devoted wife and a loving mother to her two daughters, and it’s safe to assume that her greatest joy and her greatest sadness was watching themboth commit to a life of ministry in France. I didn’t know my […]
(Reading on Facebook? Please click here to be redirected! https://www.xanga.com/serenitymine) NOTE: All pictures taken during our first home game (soccer’s finally in season again!) and an afternoon of fun with Bear, Erin, Squirt and Autumn. BFA’s director, Mr. Shuman, asked me to speak at a meeting that took place this afternoon. The topic? “What BFA […]