My mom  ~NyteowlSong (https://www.deviantart.com/nyteowlsong) (Jean for those who knew her here) just had her first birthday since the last one where we nearly lost her. Last year on her birthday two aneurysms in her head ruptured, and we didn't realize it…she went days without treatment, and by the time she got to the hospital she had to be rushed to surgery. It was months of touch and go, and so many times doctors said she was gone, brain dead, as good as gone, lost cause. Between that and all the family drama that came with it, the fact that no one handled it well, and that some handled it very badly…it was an absolutely awful year for everyone. When she was final

Every now and then DA just really gets on my nerves... I don't use the forums(especially the political ones) because I know it's full of weenies that run their mouth more than they listen, trying desperately to look cool. The place makes me sad...every contact I have had with it has left me feeling really low about the human race as a whole and moreover has filled me with dread when it comes to speaking to anyone who isn't American. I hate that. I like foreigners. I like interacting with people who have different cultures and viewpoints than my own. I respect our differences, I enjoy our differences. However, I am finding more and more tha