My mother reinterpreted

My mother is an uneducated woman surrounded by HIGHLY educated, even POWERFUL women  through her marriage to my father and for other reasons that i have to admit i dont really understand.  She is endearing.  Surely that isnt enough to let her make a hatchet job out of everyrhing i ever tried to do with … Continue reading My mother reinterpreted

In bed all day

It took all day to sort out yesterday's end -to-rhe-Novena-that-went-on-for-too -long.  I stayed in bed.  I went to a place where i questioned ALL my praying.  For instance, i took it upon myself to pray rhe Rosary every day.  Is this proper?  Can anybody do it?  And i snapped up every Catholic prayer i ran … Continue reading In bed all day

End of Novena to St. Jude; starting another Novena to St. Jude?

I have a feeling that i am going to be doing back to back Novenas ti St. Jude for quite some time. Im winding up the first; it has been breathtaking. It ends, as i move into the last of todays 6 prayers on this 9th and last day of the Novena, on a problem … Continue reading End of Novena to St. Jude; starting another Novena to St. Jude?

one plus one equals one

Finally got it! It took a second after questioning whether I shold leave "things we turn a blind eye to" as a published post. I remembered the "scuz" of my childhood.  The greasy film on my scalp, the thick layer of white scum on my teeth. My mother didnt attend to my washing and because … Continue reading one plus one equals one

Invoking St. Isodore of Seville–updated

He is the patron saint of the internet and the likely saint of my present plight, I am hitting on the rocks of the injustice surrounding my assay into the world of artificial intelligence in an introductory programming course in college. In  the fall of 1981 I created a program which generated 2-paragraph essays on … Continue reading Invoking St. Isodore of Seville–updated

for the record–updated

I can finally demonstrate that my mother has changed toward me in a way that prejudices her in making judgments in the cases and situations of my disability. She was good enough to call an ambulance when she found me a few hours from death after the overdose November two years ago; but she did … Continue reading for the record–updated