by Ira | Dec 14, 2025 | Challenge, Journal
I have an inkling what it must be like for parents, worrying for their kids. It’s all I can do right now, sitting in bed: worry about them. Will they be okay? I don’t know. I keep thinking of Spock. “Each according to their gifts.” We’re not totally helpless, us...
by Ira | Dec 13, 2025 | Challenge, Journal
Got to spend some time with Mir today. She needed a quiet chill place to get some homework done, so she took us up on our offer to have her come over and do it here. She got her stuff done, and we got to visit a bit in the car. She’s hanging in there. Coops and Joy...
by Ira | Dec 13, 2025 | Challenge, Journal
I remember the invasion when my brother died. Our house suddenly became filled to the rafters with people. Sometimes it helped, but mostly it was a very painful reminder of just how much things had changed in an instant, and how they were never going to be the same....
by Ira | Dec 11, 2025 | Challenge, Journal
Something I’ve learned about storytelling: just because I’m emotional telling a story doesn’t necessarily mean the audience will also be emotional. It’s a good start, for sure. Requisite, even, I think…though maybe not. Maybe one can tell a story wholly rational and...
by Ira | Dec 10, 2025 | Challenge, Journal
Doing the finances. In between stuff for work. It’s a hustle. For sure. But it has to be done. I’m late on it already. Sigh. I feel like I’ve been “behind” for several weeks, now. Not able to catch up. Push push push. It’s exhausting. But…I am getting it done. Little...
