Dusky edwards

Tag: Orange County

  • In case you were wondering…

    In case you were wondering…

    Cancer sucks. Chemo sucks. Baldness sucks. Broken peeling fingernails suck. Dry mouth sucks! Chest aches suck! Exhaustion sucks! Nausea sucks! I’m halfway through chemotherapy! I only have 4 more sessions to endure. I hear that the new medication that I’ll be given is easier. I’m hopeful. The red devil is truly a devil. At times,…

  • To Laugh

    I’ve decided… I’m going to focus on laughing more. The more I talk to the people close to me, the more I realize that the death of my parents took me away from me.  As I am slowly healing, less people are afraid to point it out. I am not the same person I used…

  • Gratitude- Day 1

    Grief, stress, change, falling outs with loved ones, and other ugly things caused me to dwell on what was missing in my life. I began a cycle of throwing myself into things that didn’t make me happy because I believed its what I had to endure for the time being and I believed it was…

  • Happy Birthday Mom!

    Happy Birthday Mom!

    St. Patrick’s Day will never be the same. Life is not the same. I don’t want to dwell today. But I certainly need to process this day without her in it. My husband, boys, and myself took the day off from our responsibilities today. We are headed to Laguna. When my parents split, my mom,…

  • Mother

    He rarely sleeps in the car.  But his temperature is over 100, he’s been sent to the school nurse, and I’ve just picked him up from school.  He was at Urgent Care approximately 1 month ago screaming from the pain of an ear infection.  He was sent home last week as well for a temperature…

  • I fired my gardener

    I’m really curious to know if there are other individuals (ie. wives and moms)  like me on this earth, who maintain their own yards.  When we purchased this house, I had my mom’s gardener handling our yards.  We paid him $150 per month to come every Friday.  Ray was not thorough.  He also had a…

  • Where is the life that I recognize?

    Where is the life that I recognize?

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