One thing that strikes you when you deal with hospitals is that the patient ends up being just a name, a diagnosis, a procedure. That chasm between how you feel and how the system acts is a big part of the exhaustion that comes with being a caregiver. You are worried sick about someone you…
Category: Personal
Ayrton Senna, 32 years later
I do remember the first day of May in 1994. I was at Piliggi’s house, there was some party going on; I can’t recall if it was his birthday or what else, maybe it was something about his first communion. A few classmates and I were downstairs, in the internal courtyard of the apartment complex…
Hello, again
It’s been a very long time since I’ve posted anything, and that’s because many, many things happened. In many ways, my world has changed completely since my last post. My family has shrunken, and in general I have attended more funerals than I ever thought I would have in a very short time. I also…
Friendships, Change and Memories
Sometimes I think about all the good friends I made online over the years, ever since I first got on the internet in 1996. A few of them I’m in touch with, many others I lost all traces of. Most of those, I have no way of reaching: I may not know or remember their…
Next week will be less busy
I’ve been meaning to start writing again for a while now, but I felt like I never had the time. In a sense, that’s the truth: I never felt like it was the right moment, so I kept waiting and postponing. There is a joke that says: adulthood is thinking “next week will be less…