demetershouse.wordpress.com
The Oddest Text Message I’ve Ever Received | Demeter's House
https://demetershouse.wordpress.com/2012/09/18/the-oddest-text-message-ive-ever-received
September 18, 2012} The Oddest Text Message I’ve Ever Received. Of course I changed their names a little bit, cuz you never know when a gang banger is gonna need a little WordPress reading time:. 8220;Mike (michael) berelli, barelli? Gang name Tick Tock. If anything happens to me. Also G.G and Spook (gang names) will know. This is not funny or meant as a joke what-so-ever. Be careful who you befriend.”. And in her quest for more, she lost everything. This is my sister. Today I realize that she is the cap...
demetershouse.wordpress.com
The Youngster Learns the Young Earth Theory | Demeter's House
https://demetershouse.wordpress.com/2012/05/09/the-youngster-learns-the-young-earth-theory
May 9, 2012} The Youngster Learns the Young Earth Theory. How do you raise your children to have open minds when you have an ex who counters your belief in openness? I’m in the middle of the longest, stupidest legal battle in the history of family law (okay, I may be exaggerating a wee bit, but it certainly feels that way). This was supposed to be over in December. It’s May. Last week the judge set a court date in August, so this promises to drag out for months more. 8221; He will always. My older son cr...
demetershouse.wordpress.com
Death | Demeter's House
https://demetershouse.wordpress.com/2012/11/15/death
November 15, 2012} Death. How do you mourn someone who has cast his family aside to serve a pedophile and murderer? Nico’s father lies in his hospital bed, curled up, shaking, and unresponsive. His heart is failing, his kidneys are failing. He will unlikely finish the day. The Vicky Lynn’s disappearance shaped our childhood. Every day on TV we heard about her abduction and the search for her. At school we were rounded up for assemblies to teach us about stranger danger. At home we were tether...A twenty-...
demetershouse.wordpress.com
The Haunting: Nicole Returns? | Demeter's House
https://demetershouse.wordpress.com/2012/05/29/the-haunting-nicole-returns
May 29, 2012} The Haunting: Nicole Returns? Let’s start with the good news: Nicole is in a relationship! For those of you just joining the story, Nicole is my significant other’s ex-girlfriend, a woman who has fought like a rabid animal to keep her claws in him.). Except, well, the boyfriend she chose was one of Nico’s friends, someone she and Nico went to law school with. Hmm, okay, still a social tie that might bring her into our orbit from time to time. Then, around midnight last night, she finally po...
demetershouse.wordpress.com
With friends like these . . . | Demeter's House
https://demetershouse.wordpress.com/2013/01/27/with-friends-like-these
January 27, 2013} With friends like these . . . I was worried about what people would think. It seemed foolish, I know a grown-ass woman caring about what people are saying about her. When I told my best friend the news and shared with her my worry about people’s judgments, she reassured me that of course no one would be thinking critically of me. All my greatest fears managed, I told Nico that we could start trying. But then came the people. This week we went through some testing, and baby looked great!
mrossman.livejournal.com
Message from Karen - Michael Rossman
http://mrossman.livejournal.com/6322.html
Ichael · R. As virtuous men pass mildly away. And whisper to their souls to go. Whilst some of their sad friends do say. The breath goes now, and some say, no. This is how Michael left us, at about 2:30 yesterday afternoon. Surrounded by family love. From him, among his last days of talking much, and from me, great, deep thanks for all your help, letters, wishes, prayers, and of course Blood! We'll get back to you when we've got the memorial planned. Anybody care to guess how many people to plan for?
mrossman.livejournal.com
(more) - Michael Rossman
http://mrossman.livejournal.com/4212.html
Ichael · R. Phase III Day 113 onward Relapse. So early on the 26th, four days ago, my hematologist calls, with rueful news. The cytogenetics finally enabled by the spicules from that last bone marrow biopsy have come back from the lab. Of 21 cells caught in division, fully 18 are male meaning my myeloid malignancy, resurgent, rather than Devora’s female cells. And what magic it opened, after I told her that I had been barely her age when I started writing poems. The first step is to clear out all my plan...
