you may, or may not, remember my bland declaration that my father has only nine fingers. well, as of seven o’clock last night, my co-worker’s husband is now a member of that illustrious club. the ring finger of his right hand is now gone. poor rhonda is just beside herself. mike is actually fine and joking about it all. he is still trying to sort out in his mind if he could have done anything differently to avoid the machine eating his digit, otherwise he’s coping very well with his new situation. it’s still early, but he’s confident it will one day be very cool.
\nthis makes three serious events which have deeply affected people i care about (dale earnhart’s death and tom’s apartment fire being the other two). sometimes i don’t know how fucking easy my life is. this is just the universe’s way of reminding me to be grateful for all the plenty i’ve been lucky to receive. how can these things not shift your perspective?
\nwhat would you do if you lost a finger or a toe? what about your hand or your foot? taking it one step further: would you rather be killed or wheelchair bound for the rest of your life?<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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