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25. The Great Beyond

March 7, 2024

It was now officially a whole year without my dad. The door I had been fearing for months, had opened. Inside was the void taking me away from my dad’s life, existence and memory. I hung onto the door knob, clasped the sides of the doorway with my tiny hands and fingers, fighting with everything … More 25. The Great Beyond

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21. Here There Be Dragons

February 22, 2024

Finally, I returned to Oklahoma. I mistakenly thought I would have things back under control, after being removed from the situation in Houston. I expected my mood to improve but instead found that things weren’t going back “to normal” as I’d hoped them to be. I was different, even if I didn’t want to admit … More 21. Here There Be Dragons

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  • A Preface
  • Chp. 01 Our Center of the Universe
  • Chp. 02 Metamorphosis
  • Chp. 03 Takes One to Know One
  • Chp. 04 Countdown
  • Chp. 05 Sin Feliz Año Nuevo
  • Chp. 06 The Recently Diseased
  • Chp. 07 Other People
  • Chp. 08 Fill In the Blanks
  • Chp. 09 Doubts
  • Chp. 10 Tales From A Shrimp
  • Chp. 11 Violent Trajectory
  • Chp. 12. Beginning of the End
  • Chp. 13 A Collage
  • Chp. 14 The Last Week
  • Chp. 15 Even Walls Fall Down
  • Chp. 16 End of the Line
  • Chp. 17 Close One Eye
  • Chp. 18 Dancing In the Dark
  • Chp. 19 The Moth
  • Chp. 20 Long Goodbye
  • Chp. 21 Here There Be Dragons
  • Chp. 22 You Might Surprise Yourself
  • Chp. 23 Just Be Happy
  • Chp. 24 An Open Door Waits
  • Chp. 25 The Great Beyond
  • Chp. 26 An Ever Loving Light
  • Chp. 27 Mentor
  • Chp. 28 It Ain't Linear
  • Chp. 29 Behind the Bookshelf
  • Chp. 30 Here's Lookin At You Kid
  • Chp. 31 Time Travel
  • Chp. 32 It's You She's Thinking Of
  • Inspiration

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  • A Preface
  • Chp. 01 Our Center of the Universe
  • Chp. 02 Metamorphosis
  • Chp. 03 Takes One to Know One
  • Chp. 04 Countdown
  • Chp. 05 Sin Feliz Año Nuevo
  • Chp. 06 The Recently Diseased
  • Chp. 07 Other People
  • Chp. 08 Fill In the Blanks
  • Chp. 09 Doubts
  • Chp. 10 Tales From A Shrimp
  • Chp. 11 Violent Trajectory
  • Chp. 12. Beginning of the End
  • Chp. 13 A Collage
  • Chp. 14 The Last Week
  • Chp. 15 Even Walls Fall Down
  • Chp. 16 End of the Line
  • Chp. 17 Close One Eye
  • Chp. 18 Dancing In the Dark
  • Chp. 19 The Moth
  • Chp. 20 Long Goodbye
  • Chp. 21 Here There Be Dragons
  • Chp. 22 You Might Surprise Yourself
  • Chp. 23 Just Be Happy
  • Chp. 24 An Open Door Waits
  • Chp. 25 The Great Beyond
  • Chp. 26 An Ever Loving Light
  • Chp. 27 Mentor
  • Chp. 28 It Ain't Linear
  • Chp. 29 Behind the Bookshelf
  • Chp. 30 Here's Lookin At You Kid
  • Chp. 31 Time Travel
  • Chp. 32 It's You She's Thinking Of
  • Inspiration
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