Gangsta Mittens
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Archive for the ‘Parents’ Category

I Saw My Mom Cry…

June 22, 2008

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 […]

My Dad Passed Away This Morning

June 20, 2008

At 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 […]

My Dad Has Cancer

June 11, 2008

On top of all the other stuff going on… cancer. I want to just scream out “ENOUGH”… I mean this man shouldn’t have to go thru this. I don’t know if he’s in pain… I don’t know if he even knows what’s going on. But it doesn’t seem right that he should have to endure […]

Day 1

May 27, 2008

It 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’m so excited!!! I’m so… scared” © Jesse Spano

May 25, 2008

So i’m 9 hours away from getting on the plane to head to SF… I’m terrified. Besides thinking that I’m not qualified, I’m terrified at being so far away from home for so long. When I first got separated back in 2005, I realized that it was my first time living alone. Since that time, […]