It was the first birthday party of my “adopted niece”, Z- today. I was there for her mom’s labor and her delivery, as well. It was nice to see everything going so well after a year. I regret not being able to make it to S- more to see her, mostly because [...]

“Addiction can show us what is deeply suspect about nostalgia.  The drive to return to the past isn’t an innocent one.  It’s about stopping your passage to the future, it’s a symptom of fear of death, and the love of predictable experience.
And the love  of predictable experience, not the drug itself, is the major damage [...]

My Sister died from clogged arteries at the age of 40 about 6 years ago.  She weighed over 500 lbs.  She couldn’t walk more than a block without resting, had really bad knee problems and ate all the time.
My father is diabetic.  He gives himself insulin shots like 5 times per day and he still [...]