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Monday, October 19, 2020

Death Anniversaries

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People who we've met who have experienced the death of a child all told us that the annual anniversaries of the tragedy are difficult, a...
Monday, August 17, 2020

Therese's Birthday

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 Therese's birthday was last weekend. There were fun parts about it, like Xy's pool, and the chocolate mousse that Kalypso and I mad...
Saturday, July 11, 2020

Gilgamesh Voted Once

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Therese, Kalypso, and I went to vote today. We were sad to see Gilgamesh's name on the voting registration, immediately preceding Kalyps...
Monday, June 22, 2020

Father's Day

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Yesterday was Father's Day. Happy Father's Day to all the fathers. My father William Homan passed away in 2007. His birthday was Jun...
Tuesday, May 19, 2020

Dream

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I rarely remember my dreams. But when I awoke this morning I was in the middle of a very strange one. I was in the desert riding a camel, an...
Sunday, March 29, 2020

Stupid Meaningless Place

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Today Therese, Kalypso, and I drove to Baton Rouge to see the place where Gilgamesh hit his head on the concrete. It's been more than si...
Monday, March 02, 2020

Mardi Gras Sans Gilgamesh

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This year it was our first Mardi Gras without our son Gilgamesh. It was difficult. I sat out most of it and laid low. I'm tired of runni...
Tuesday, January 28, 2020

Thomas Harding Letter

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I very much liked this article by Thomas Harding. He witnessed the death of his 14-year-old son Kadian. Seven years later, he wrote a letter...
Thursday, January 23, 2020

Two Dreams

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I had two dreams last night about Gilgamesh.  In the first we were in a small engine boat on a wide and swift river with some sort of a...
Friday, January 17, 2020

Realization

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I didn't know how much I loved my son until he was gone.