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• You’re Not Going to Find Anyone With the Hiccups in This Place

  By aciment on October 22, 2018 • ( 0 )

  

  It took me over twenty years before I tried out Halloween Horror Nights and I left wondering why I waited that long.

• We’re All Mad Here

  By aciment on October 15, 2018 • ( 0 )

  

  We gather together at an ungodly hour to reenact the original 26.2 miles run by Pheidippides which, fun fact, he wound up dropping dead from.

• There are No Lessons Here

  By aciment on October 8, 2018 • ( 1 )

  

  I lost patience for the inane conversations I used to be a part of and I’m way more judgmental of people who can’t handle the simplest situations. I wouldn’t call those lessons as much as I’d call them side effects.

• The Myth of Sisyphus and Why I Run (or, The Vegas Speech)

  By aciment on October 2, 2018 • ( 0 )

  

  I finally understood the myth of Sisyphus when my son was diagnosed with a brain tumor two years ago. And like the legend, we were faced with a huge mountain, a massive, incomprehensible rock, and a job that no one would ever sign up for.

• Old…er

  By aciment on June 1, 2018 • ( 2 )

  

  It’s my birthday. The anniversary of when I showed up in this world and a nice reminder that I’m still here. Also a nice reminder that I’m older and that much closer to not being here.

• Lessons from a Hero

  By aciment on May 25, 2018 • ( 41 )

  

  Dr. Bhatia was a masterful, talented surgeon, a man who understood that removing a little boy’s splinter was just as important as removing the tumor that was in his brain.

• Two Years

  By aciment on May 7, 2018 • ( 0 )

  

  Originally posted on Writing Elves:
  Facebook just shared some memories with me today. Not that I needed Facebook to tell me where I was two years ago and what my friends were tagging me in on their status updates that…

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