Tag: family

Making the best of what’s around: A Christmas Story.

My senior year of college was one of high stress – besides the obvious of taking upper level classes to finish my degree in biology, my father was bravely battling cancer, my vet school applications were due, and my life was one meeting or exam after another – so Christmas Break was like a bright light at the end of a tunnel.  My father was … Read More Making the best of what’s around: A Christmas Story.

From, Ramrod.

I have written so much of my love, and eventual loss, of my father six years ago – and hinted on the fact that my one true passion – horses, were the bane of his existence.  It was our one true disagreement, the one chip in an otherwise perfect father/daughter relationship.  But where he was the man in my life who was quick to … Read More From, Ramrod.

Lets Go Buffalo

I don’t know what I clicked on on my (very old) laptop this morning, but I suddenly found many of my old papers that had been written during my time as a Creating Writing minor in college – fiction, nonfiction, scientific – and was amazed.  I don’t have much to share with you in my current life – so here is a look into … Read More Lets Go Buffalo

A metaphor for life

I never really know what to write on these posts, or how often I should write, or even where to start.  But every once in a while I remember a great story that I have never told anyone, or look at my computer and realize that on this specific day I was doing something either extraordinary, or maybe suffering in a way that I … Read More A metaphor for life