To the self-righteous hypocrites and haters of the ice bucket challenge

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May you all take a break from your charmed lives to swallow this planet-sized serving of crow.

Have a nice day.

I have nothing to add.

Credit to The New Yorker

Banana Advice

Thanks to Geoff Lehman for the meme.

Please cease and desist this terrible advice to HKPP patients. :) I would personally have to eat 26 bananas a day, and not only would my body not absorb or magically utilize the potassium properly, I would die from the carb load. We don't care that bananas have a little bit of potassium in them. You don't understand Primary Periodic Paralysis.

Stop the madness. Thank you. :)

8 pounds, 2 ounces, 20 inches, and Infinitely Loved

In the midst of so much pain, heartbreak, chaos, and death

there is the miracle of joy, hope, comfort, and life.

Thank you, Asher Grey, for arriving a little earlier than expected.

You are a precious light in our very dark world.

Grandmother's Independence Day

I've always called July 3rd my grandmother's independence day. I can't believe she's been gone nine years now. She was one of the best people I've ever known.

My grandmother loved everybody, even all of the people who did her wrong. She took too much crap, but it was her nature. I'm almost sure she loved me more than anybody ever has in this world. She (and my other grandmother) defended me when nobody else did, and I'll never forget that.

I was her part-time caregiver for 3 1/2 years, and her slow, cruel death from Alzheimer's is still the worst thing I've ever seen. She was such a fighter and didn't want to leave us...she suffered for a decade. We were heartbroken, but relieved that she was finally free. I will always miss her terribly.

When I arrive at death's door someday, I hope she's on the other side waiting for me with buttermilk biscuits, butter beans, and sweet tea on the red and white checkered dinner table.