I Won!!!

I applied for disability over three years ago. I was denied twice, before hiring a law firm to represent me. I then had two court hearings, where I was again denied twice. Yesterday, I had my fifth chance, my third court hearing. Leading up to this, I was very stressed. I've been extremely anxious. See, …

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A Follow Up

Well, I had my surgery yesterday. It was my third in the last four months. I guess it went okay. Although it's taking awhile for me to recover. I've gotten really woozy, very dizzy, and have had a sore jaw and a real headache -- very bad -- ever since waking from the anesthesia. At …

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Miserable Week

It's been a pretty tough week, although I'm going to start with last Friday night. Last Friday night, at 10 PM before we went to bed, I opened the freezer door and discovered the entire thing was melted. We have a huge ice tray and it was full to the brim with melted ice -- …

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It’s Been a Year

My father died one year ago today. He died unexpectedly, mowing my grass. He collapsed and died, just like that. It was a huge shock. And it's been difficult to get over. I can still see him rolling around on the ground, can still sense the futility I felt as I tried to aid him. …

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Reflections

Hi. It's been awhile since I've actually written anything here, besides book reviews. Sorry. A lot has been going on. My mom moved from Chattanooga to Knoxville and we've been back and forth between the two cities a lot lately. In fact, we've seen my mom four of the past five weekends, which is more …

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