My dad was always the emotional one. My mom… a rock. She says it’s because of her childhood… she couldn’t cry because there was no time… too much needed to be done… But I saw her cry today. I don’t know what thought sparked the tears… but there were tears… and they hurt me. As […]
Archive for the ‘Growth’ Category
I Saw My Mom Cry…
June 22, 2008My Dad Passed Away This Morning
June 20, 2008At about 8:20am… as I was getting picked up from the airport and trying to brace myself to see him for what I feared was the last time. B took the long way home… thru the park and the shade of the trees… just a calm and serene ride… and then when I got home […]
Me? Homesick?
May 31, 2008I guess it kinda hit me today a little bit. I mean like really hit me. I’m starting to see that if i sit still too long, i’ll start to miss home. That’s not a bad thing… but it just means i have to limit how long I sit still. Week #1 was good. I […]
Day 1
May 27, 2008It was wonderful to not have to be at work until 930… but the day was long. I mean most orientation days tend to be that way… long and drawn out… or they’re like extra short and you have 7 hours to spend trying to look like you’re doing something even though no one seems […]
I Made It
May 26, 2008I am (semi) officially a san francisco resident for the next ten weeks 🙂 The flight was cool… except for the landing… it was one of those landings where there’s like a blanket of clouds… and you have to fly thru those and *then* you see the ground. I’m always worried that we’ll get thru […]
Gangsta Mittens 