I met Angie Dee several years ago. We communicated via email in regards to an article I wrote about Audience of One Productions for a local magazine. Angie serves as the director of the local theatre company. In April of this year, I met her in person at callback auditions for AOO’s production of “Grease”. I had a callback for…
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“Who is God to you now?” I’ve been asked that question twice in the last few weeks: once in counseling and once in a podcast interview. It used to be a hard question to answer. But now it isn’t. And the only words that come to my mind and simultaneously move me to tears are as follows: a treasured friend….
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The feeling is coming back in my stomach. Pain has followed. I think its nerve pain-it is a burning sensation, kind of a “pins and needles” feeling so to speak. Most of the time it’s tolerable, but some of the time it gets pretty bad. On one occasion the pain got pretty intense and I began to get upset. Jon…
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I sat down to write because today is significant. It marks exactly one month since being admitted to the hospital to begin this really big, really hard journey. I thought I would have words to say, something profound maybe about lessons I’ve learned or how far I’ve come…but I don’t. It’s rare that I run out of words. But I’m…
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Banks was supposed to have Down Syndrome. I don’t mean that in a “something seems off, there may be a possibility” kind of way. The very same day that I was diagnosed with a Percreta, I was also presented with overwhelming evidence that the child I was carrying had a chromosomal abnormality. He had several “soft markers” with the two…
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