In nine days I will have finished chemotherapy. It has not been nearly what I'd feared it would be. The side effects were subtle. The nausea was fairly easily controlled with medication. I got one mouth sore, and my fingertips cracked and peeled. I have a tiny bit of nerve damage in three fingertips on... Continue Reading →
Disjointed thoughts on a hard day
Today has been hard. I woke up to a reminder of my grief. A very good friend of mine sent me a letter written by Ram Dass to the parents of an 11-year old girl who was murdered. What she sent me was an audio link recorded by the parents, prefaced by the story of... Continue Reading →
The worst book on missing children ever written
In case you are not aware of it, there are dozens of novels out there in the world about missing children. And I think I read most of them. They used to make me mad, because they were so inaccurate. The first I ever read was "The Deep End of the Ocean." I loved the... Continue Reading →
I’d know you anywhere
http://rcm.amazon.com/e/cm?t=thewo0b8-20&o=1&p=8&l=bpl&asins=0061706558&fc1=000000&IS2=1<1=_blank&m=amazon&lc1=0000FF&bc1=000000&bg1=FFFFFF&f=ifrYou all probably know that I love to read books about missing kids, and you know I only halfheartedly recommend most of them, but this latest one that I read was really good, and really thought-provoking. I have posted a couple of quotes from it on my facebook -- not even necessarily because I agreed... Continue Reading →