Category Archives: Personal

Becoming A Cat Person (Or Trying My Best To Be)

Posted on March 24, 2014 by DMW

I should start this post by stating that I am an animal person. I am, I love animals, wild and domestic, with the exception of spiders due to severe arachnophobia (if you want entertainment, watch what happens when I am … Continue reading →

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When The Remission Ends

Posted on March 20, 2014 by DMW

Forty-seven months ago I received news that would change my life, namely that after nearly a year I would get a life back. Not my life as I knew it or anything that resembled my old life, but a new … Continue reading →

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Too Much Blood

Posted on March 13, 2014 by DMW

Tomorrow I have to go in for another bloodletting (phlebotomy). I hate it, mostly because it is a reminder of many things best left forgotten. It will be my fourth time in 44 days. I go too much if you … Continue reading →

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Opposites Attract: The Story Of A Happy Marriage

Posted on February 25, 2014 by DMW

I think everyone has heard the phrase “opposites attract” but I remember in my Interpersonal Psychology class in college that while opposites may attract, they don’t last. I question the validity of this idea because some of the strongest couples … Continue reading →

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Learning To Embrace My Outer Red

Posted on February 20, 2014 by DMW

My identity is made up of many parts (isn’t everybody’s) and I like to think that I am more or less all right with all of those parts, but I didn’t used to be. I’m Irish, a writer and an … Continue reading →

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