I received a phone call this evening that will undoubtedly change the course of my life from this point onward. A dear and trusted friend, indeed more like a brother, decided to take his own life this morning. He had been hurting a lot lately, and we talked often about his struggles. However, over the …
Tag: family
Sep 08 2009
I wish
I wish… the justice system would actually promote, foster, and protect virtue instead of corruption; that the systems and safeguards the nation has in place would function based on the spirit of the law instead of the bureaucratic letter of the law; that our lives were not governed by the myth of meritocracy, but rather …
Feb 20 2007
Mom’s surgery
Today Mom went into the hospital to have her carpal tunnel fixed. She had a surgery known as Trapeziometacarpal Arthroplasty, in which the Doctor used the entire Flexor Carpi Radialis Tendon in place of the actual basal joint. It’s quite an interesting procedure, and I had never known anyone to have it done…until now that …