by Mary Bonner | Feb 25, 2015 |
A few weeks ago I started sharing a portion of my story. You can read part 1 here and part 2 here. I first got sick the night of Friday, September 19th and went into the hospital on Wednesday, September 24th and went home on Saturday, September 27th. ...
by Mary Bonner | Feb 18, 2015 |
This is part two of a portion of my story. You can read part one here. I was sure that at some point I would get assigned another program, but it wasn’t happening any too quickly. In mid-September we were going out of town for a wedding. The wedding...
by Mary Bonner | Jan 29, 2015 |
As summer ended and mid-August arrived, I returned to my academic year job at a local college, I was excited. The new semester had the potential to be the best one yet. The least favorite part of my job was being given to someone else…in another building....
by Mary Bonner | Jan 20, 2015 |
He hung up the phone, walked into the kitchen where I was making a pot of chicken soup, looked me in the eye and said, “I have to go to Virginia this weekend.” He had just been talking with his dad and his mother isn’t doing well. The fluid is...
by Mary Bonner | Jan 14, 2015 |
I have been praying about my writing. About what I should do with this space. I have been so empty for what seems like forever and even though I have wanted to quit and walk away, I could not get a clear sense that leaving…walking away was the right...
by Mary Bonner | Jan 6, 2015 |
See the steps in this photograph? I took this picture from the car while sitting at a stoplight in Pittsburgh more than a year ago. I don’t know if the steps lead to another sidewalk or directly to a house. To find out exactly where they go I would...
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