So, well, there ya go, that’s my story of 2012. Are you still reading? I know, I know . . . wild ride. But new year, new beginnings, eh? On January 1st we took a beach walk all together, as a family. Hundreds of shark eggs washed up all over the beach.It was a really [...]
December was when everything shifted. Finally. All the turmoil and all the transition, all the heaviness of 2012, began to . . . ease. Damian and I were back in sync, share-parenting like old pros. We traded favors, and emotional support. We shared the car, and our hardships. We instituted a bi-weekly baby-free breakfast date [...]
Apparently things get worse before they get better. And so we begin the “screwball comedy” portion of my 2012. At the very start of November, Damian arrived in Santa Barbara. There was good: Reunited!And there was ugly: Oh, the joys of moving.And, there was bad. Right before Damian got into town, I got sick. Like, [...]
Early October was spent in a flurry. We had so much to do before leaving Portland and renting out our house. The plan was for me and Waits to depart as soon as possible, land with family in Santa Barbara and get to work securing a place to live. Damian would stay behind, finish up [...]
Separation. As summer was drawing to a close, it was becoming very clear that neither Damian nor I were willing to face another Portland winter. We had tried, very hard, to make Portland feel like “our city” again, but the dead-weight dread we both felt in our guts each time we considered the impending autumn [...]
