Chapter Nineteen: The World’s Most Beautiful Baby

by | Nov 11, 2011 | Amazing Grace

Nowadays sexual harassment on the job is grounds for legal action and could bring financial advantage to the woman who wants early retirement.  But when I worked for Doc such options were still on the horizon.  The incident with the doctor made me wonder again just...

Chapter Eighteen: The Wolf and the Dove

by | Nov 11, 2011 | Amazing Grace

The bizarre synchronicity of Eva’s appearance, for the second time, on the scene of my imminent demise is, of course, a curious matter.  I am reminded of Lama Sing’s description of her as “your ally in this life”. When Eva saw the hose in the...

Chapter Seventeen: Mirror! Mirror! On the Wall…

by | Nov 11, 2011 | Amazing Grace

It’s amazing how our emotions can drive our thinking.  Grant was my soul mate and I’d never be happy with anyone else.  That’s how I interpreted the reading by Lama Sing through Al Miner.  But we’d both apparently screwed up in some way.  Until...

Chapter Sixteen: Dances with Sunlight

by | Nov 11, 2011 | Amazing Grace

What do you do when you wish to die and the Universe obviously has other plans?  Argue? Several days later I woke up in the hospital.  My mother was there.  I realized, to my horror, that by my own hand I had confirmed every negative opinion she had ever pronounced...

Chapter Fifteen: Blitzkrieg

by | Nov 11, 2011 | Amazing Grace

After my grandfather’s death, family dynamics shifted dramatically.  For years my grandfather had managed my mother, knowing something was significantly wrong with her approach to life.  He could limit the damage she did to others by supervising her.  But all...