My Old Journal, 7-25-2008

I never thought I'd be sharing my journal entries, but here's one from 10 years & 2 months ago: "It is all too apparent that I've lost some interest in this whole journal-writing experiment. If I ever do decide to keep a journal again then I will have to force myself to write profound, eye-opening…

Parental Responsibilities

I don’t believe my father’s heart ever functioned properly. It pumped to a strange beat. This is not an attempt at diagnosis, not a medical opinion. I’m sure the right amount of blood flowed in and out, that his aortas, arteries and veins were healthy and normal, but the heart as the headquarters of one’s…