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My brother's dog is now living with me

Posted by Kaisu, 22 April 2013 · 198 views

Drako is a big scary dog. He is a pit bull / rottweiler mix and he is big and strong and scary looking. He came into my life about 7 or 8 years ago when he was rescued, with another smaller pit, from an abusive situation. He was going to live with my daughter and her family. I happened to be in town when he arrived. I spent a few hours with the dog in my...

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My brother told fantastical stories.

Posted by Kaisu, 20 March 2013 · 181 views

In his stories, he was always the hero. It was an open secret that he was a fabulist. My father said his brother Leo was the same way, like it was some genetic trait. (In a way it was. Uncle Leo once told me a story about his sister Aunt Liisa straining at the potty and prolapsing feet of large intestine. My uncle Leo laughed like...

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Our birthday is coming up

Posted by Kaisu, 18 March 2013 · 248 views

I thought that I would write about my brother. He was an affectionate little boy. There is a picture of us about age two where he is hugging me. The look on his face is pure joy; on mine - impatient toleration. My mother says that he was always trying to hug me and I was always pushing him away. When I actually let him hug me,...

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When did we become a nation of technicalities

Posted by Kaisu, 02 March 2013 · 282 views

Perhaps we always have been. Perhaps that's the way of the world. Nail somebody or something on a technicality and we don't have to extend ourselves as human beings. We don't have to see the subtleties of the situation or the person or the event. We can hang a label on it and then we don't have to think any more. We can sleep...

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To my brother

Posted by Kaisu, 15 November 2011 · 645 views

grief suicide

In my head, I understand the reasons why you did what you did. I have been there many times myself. Parts of me admire the fact that you had the guts to do it and then I get so sad that you felt that was the only option you had.
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