Love is NOT a computer virus (pt2)

November 29, 2011

You might already know that a nasty virus practically obliterated my computer last week. Blogging is hard without a computer. Actually, if the computer hadn’t crashed I might have crashed myself – more on that tomorrow. But first, a little bit about love…and this… This is the sequel to part one… part one is all […]

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Love says thank you to God 1,000 times (#’s 669-676)

November 28, 2011

I’m thinking of how my mom “tinseled”. She took each individual strand, and placed it on the branches like a fine artist places a brush stroke. By the time she was done you could barely see the tree for the tinsel. A blanket of silver snow… covering the green… and the ornaments… and the lights. […]

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Love is not like a computer virus

November 23, 2011

source Blogging is about to get truly difficult. My computer is really sick so I’ll be without it for – well – I don’t know how long – a week maybe – and never again maybe. But I’ll find a way, I promise. As I type this. A nasty computer virus is attempting to destroy […]

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Love doesn’t divide and conquer

November 21, 2011

Laska wanted attention this morning…but I had to write. So I set up things all over that I know hearts messing with. Like what we call “big toilet paper”. And as I write I can hear the sounds of him playing. He’s not bothering me, and those happy sounds make me happy. I read all […]

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Love shares a family story – even the dark stuff (pt5)

November 18, 2011

I know that my professionally drawn diagrams aren’t all that professionally drawn. ツ But they do tell the story. And yesterday, Victoria said this in her comment: “For a while in your diagrams there were no red lines to your sister.  ??” Good catch. There were no red lines to my sister until after my […]

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Love shares a family story (pt4)

November 17, 2011

Yesterday I left off telling the story… and I’ve had all those professionally drawn diagrams to illustrate… and I told you that I was sharing with you to provide context… context for a phone conversation with my sister… and one sentence that stabbed like an unintentional dagger in the back. And I left you with […]

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Love has a family story (pt3)

November 16, 2011

source The words were simple. You wouldn’t think they’d cause any sadness. She just said to me, “I called Don, he said he could come right over and help.” But they did… cause sadness. So I’ve been sharing secret family details. To know the details… is to know why those simple words cut… violent…fierce…deep. This […]

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