For My Valentine

A picture of us back then, at the beginning.   I felt so lucky. I feel so, so much more than just lucky now. Happy Valentine’s Day.   ***   (p.s. I wrote and erased many lines about the above photo.  About us back then and where we are now.  Because we were good then, [...]

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Basketball Tears

I was rushing to get the dog crated and grab my things before we headed out to basketball practice the other night, thinking it would be better to get there a little bit earlier than we had been, to give the Roc time to shoot and get comfortable before the actual practice started.  I didn’t [...]

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More Friendship Heartache + Hope

Last week I subbed as a paraprofessional at the Roc’s elementary school again.  Part of my job that day was recess duty.  I was apprehensive about being out there during the 1st grade recess time, as the Roc didn’t know I was going to be there. When I saw him, I could see anxiety written all [...]

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Friendship + Heartache

GC and I were sitting on the couch watching TV, I had the foot rest extended, dog curled up at my side, blanket on my lap protecting me from the cold bowl of ice cream I was enjoying.  I had put the Roc to bed 45 minutes earlier and I assumed he was sleeping peacefully. [...]

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