Vicki Remembered

Today would have been my older sister's 54th birthday. She will however, remain forever young, because she was stolen from me at the untimely age of 36. I miss her more than anyone knows. I long for her company during those good times when we could while away the hours, talking about nothing and everything. …

The Great Train Accident — Chapter 2

My closest cousin became engaged to be married and asked my sister, Vicki, and me to be bridesmaids. This cousin was the daughter of my mother’s brother. I never really knew him very well, but I did know that he owned a monkey. When he was out of work for a while, he came to …

Narcissism–Scenes From the Front Line — The Funeral

Apparently it happened during the "Commish". I had never watched the "Commish", but the name of the program will be forever etched on my mind, because my sister repeated the story time after time, as though by the retelling she may either have been able to change the outcome or at least make sense of …