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Child Expectations
I lay the contract out on the table, with three of us clutching as many pens and all waiting to hear what the other had to say. I ask if they think it is fair, I ask them to ask questions if they have any and I add notes to the bottom of our document. The three of us sit together around our cereal bowls and make an agreement, a binding contract. [...]
Size Matters
Clearly we are not above taking pictures of strangers when they do something stupid. These two geniuses knew that the sign would be hit, they just didnt count on the sprinkler head.
Baby Death and other unnecessary nonsense.
I like to think that one day I will start to admire the faith that people have that everything will be okay so long as they continue to believe. However, as a longstanding pessimist I simply cannot help but brace myself for the very worst case scenario. When I read about parents refusing medical care on the basis that their god will take care [...]
How to Mourn.
The year I became aware that there was more of a world outside of my small religious community was 1994, at the tender yet stubborn age of 12. I spent a summer wearing flip flops and bobbing my head to grunge metal riffs about teen angst. Kurt Cobain was the first musician to reach his fingers through the tiny speakers in my headphones and turn my [...]
