content_with_this continuous light last night as i listened to your breathing slow towards sleep, i realized how perfect our new family is. kevin, amber, shorty, and peanut. the dog comes to tell us good night and then she sleeps at your feet, and the cat lets you love him for a minute or two before coming to rest next to my head. you slide a protective and loving arm around me, and i thank the stars and heavens and whatever else might be listening at 1:30 in the morning. because even though i know that pain and suffering are inevitable, i also know that you have made me happier than i thought possible, and we are a family. 020211 ... k1 K1: "It will be odd having nothing to complain about." K2: "Are you sure you can handle it?" K1: "Uh, I think so. Why?" K2: "A lot of people can't." 020211 ... ClairE oh_i_want_you_i_want_you_i_want_you to be happy. It'll happen someday. For now it's in the distance and shrouded in fog but the lilacs will spring up one day and knowledge makes me, Claire, patient. Imagine_that. 020211 ... continuous drug-induced bliss contentment is overrated. it's like a drug. it replaces reality for a moment in time. things twist, truths bend, and in the end... you come full-circle-like coming down. start over. *sigh* 020225 ... ani difranco i keep looking round but i cannot top this 050606 ... skyburst777 form_content 050606 what's it to you? who go blather from