When Jon and I moved back to Texas, we stayed with my mom for a year. At first it was odd to be in a house with her and my dad gone. I was sometimes hesitant to bring him up because I didn’t know how my mom would take it. One day I overheard her … More 31. Time Travel
That May was supposed to be a celebration of my graduation, but now that was non-existent. My mom decided we should take a vacation, to celebrate the survival of the worst thing that had happened to us; I think anyway. It was also getting closer to me leaving and going back to school. Everything was … More 20. Long Goodbye
In my mind, there was a laundry list of things that could have caused my dad to have cancer. Starting from whatever pesticides that were in the migrant fields around him as a kid, working on oil rigs before he was sixteen and exposure to who knows what during Vietnam. Then working in a chemical … More 18. Dancing In the Dark
“Do you want to see Saturn?” my dad asked me, his profile outlined in faint gold from a distant street lamp. At five years old, the red Dobsonian telescope was bigger than me by more than a foot. I cautiously stepped onto a small, beige stool placed carefully in front of it. Standing on my … More 1. Our Center of the Universe
Shine A Light On Me 