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Today I served an eviction notice to a particularly troublesome organ: my uterus. After putting off this decision for a while, I decided to go ahead with getting a hysterectomy. I’m also getting my tubes removed. I elected to leave my ovaries intact unless tests come back saying they need to go too. I am […]

And there were shepherds living out in the fields nearby, keeping watch over their flocks at night. An angel of the Lord appeared to them, and the glory of the Lord shone around them, and they were terrified. But the angel said to them, “Do not be afraid. I bring you good news of great […]

I tried to psyche myself up. I have been having a hard time with the holidays. Not as bad as last year, or the year before that, or the year before that, and so on … but I still hate them. In fact, my mother became upset with me a couple weeks ago because I […]

And there were shepherds living out in the fields nearby, keeping watch over their flocks at night. An angel of the Lord appeared to them, and the glory of the Lord shone around them, and they were terrified. But the angel said to them, “Do not be afraid. I bring you good news of great […]

O' Holy Night by The Harry Simeone Chorale on Grooveshark If you have trouble playing the song above, you can also hear it here. And there were shepherds living out in the fields nearby, keeping watch over their flocks at night. An angel of the Lord appeared to them, and the glory of the Lord […]

You know, I used to love Christmas. It was one of my top two favorite holidays … until my marriage fell apart. This year I am not putting up a tree. Or any decorations. Anywhere. For 12 years, it was something that Jessie and I did together. Every single year. We would both put up […]