Themorninghadbeenadisaster.Mytoothwasaching, andI’dbeeninanargumentwithafriend.Herwordsstillhurt: “Thetroublewithyouisthatyouwon’tputyourselfinmy place.Can’tyouseethingsfrommypointofview?”Ishookmy headstubbornly—andfelttheacheinmytooth.I’dthoughtI couldholdouttillmydentistcamebackfromholiday,but...
I'm getting my braces on next week and after that i have to get my wisdom teeth plus 4 others to make room for my teeth to move in. Now i think i'm going to be in a lot of pain! :0 the good thing is i get to miss school for a few days! :) Anonymous October 23, 2007...
Something like 25 years ago, I went skiing for the first, last and only time. I came down the very first slope I attempted on a sled, and didn’t walk without a limp for 9 months. But in the vast wisdom of a teenager who really didn’t understand how insurance worked other than ...
This morning I remembered a day that conspired to muddle me, and as I slipped on that beautiful gold Catholic University ring, I recalled this truth: The dad who raises you is the only one that matters, all the rest is just biology. If life were a lottery? Well, I won the lottery o...
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I’ve come to the conclusion that what has emerged is the stark reality of ineffable loss and the endowment of a profound wisdom understood too early.Acutely aware that the2nd anniversaryof her death has been quickly approaching, I’ve spent countless hours reflecting on all I’ve ascertained ...
Whatever has happened, whatever has been done, it is all made perfectly correct by how it is treated, by how it is incorporated into the experience. If we want a beautifully unique piece of music, or a richly textured life-path full of wisdom, the ideal choice is to take what we’ve...
Seven years is something to be proud of in this day and age. Even one year is something to be proud of. Divorce is so rampant that it’s like an epidemic. Some people take it for granted and others fought tooth and nail for their marriage and it still just didn’t work out. Whatev...
America’s racism problem may be transcended by a succession of church services, but class struggle is not a hearts and minds operation. Fascist rule and its army of the rich are not going to be wished away by militant nonviolence. That’s as likely as counting on the tooth fairy. ...
It’s perhaps redundant to call it out but to see someone pick up a bit of you, that was only hours ago attached to you, and put it in the bin before your eyes is pretty rough. The only upbeat part here was talking to a nurse with the surname ‘Wisdom’. She had a Jamaican/Wes...