Thursday, November 25, 2010

Family

There is such an undeniable dynamic to family gatherings on my dad's side. Joe and Mike are funny. Joe is very nearly a cynical anarchist respectably informed on global politics. Jeanne laughs like a hyena. Kathy is a concerned, rich liberal. Grandmom is very quiet. Kathy's daughters are very laugh [edit: what?]. There is a lot of time spent laughing. I wonder if it's not a very hard dynamic to join, realizing that everyone there is in my family by birth. No wives or husbands.

Wednesday, November 24, 2010

Full of Thanks

Appreciate is my verb. It's what I do. To exist in this time in this place, with these details of my life, I've cried more for joy than any grief since the beginning of summer. If you're reading this, I am who I am, in part, because of you. Thanks for your part in my life.


What do you want to be when you grow up?
Happy.