Some people use the Internet for porn, I use it to fall down the rabbit hole of creepy stuff.
spooky stuff
ihtm
For any girl who has a steady bully, wishing death upon that person is a daily/nightly ritual. But when it actually happens, the last thing you feel is relief or happiness.
family drama
I didn’t know it yet, but by the time I sent that tweet, my mom had already been dead for nine minutes.
dentists
I found myself in the embrace of a near-stranger who was overwhelmed with joy just because inconsequential, strange, and silly little me had lived to see another day. I surrendered to her startling affection and took part in the impromptu celebration of my own beating heart.
ihtm contest
After covering my face and screaming for what felt like hours, I managed to roll my car off of the man.
babies
I would do anything to hear her heartbeat again. Why didn't I record it? I smell her little hat and cry.
sex
When he died, just 17 months after his surgery, he left me with bills. He left me with questions. He left me with several girlfriends of his at the funeral.
moms
People ask me how I’m doing, and when I say, “I’m fine,” they nod, assuming I’m holding something back for their benefit. But I’m not. I am fine. I am good. I am all right.
ihtm contest
It was one early morning in February when I decided I needed to get out. I needed to prove to myself I could have an adventure, some sort of quest that would make me realize I could have some sort of meaningful experience unaided by anyone else.
ex-boyfriend
I will be honest. My initial reaction was jealousy.
cremation
NFL linebacker Junior Seau's suicide made me realize just how much I think about death, but also how unprepared I am in the instance it actually happens.
death
Then lunch time will come, but you won't feel like eating. You will instead feel like turning off all the lights and burying your face in a pillow for an hour, not for a real nap, but just to turn everything off.
alcohol
I was planning to write a light post about what to drink besides water and wine, then something heavy happened and shit got real.
animal death
My dead cat is more popular than cancer, but he deserves it.
mothers
I would never know my mother. What I mean is I would never really know her as I would if she had lived and grayed and grew to view me as an equal.
halloween
Halloween revels in the macabre and the morbidity of death, the physical state of the lifeless body, the fear of death itself.
death
Unfortunately, I don’t have a magical secret to healing. I wish I did. Still, what I can do is let you know what I’ve learned since 2002.
death
I have gained so much from this career: perspective, humanity, and the ability to look death in the face and say, “I guess it’s okay.”
fathers
My dad was biking along a busy stretch of road about 10 minutes from our house when he was hit by a guy in a van who had momentarily fallen asleep at the wheel. He died that day.
bad dreams
This is also just an excuse to publish a bunch of rad pictures of the Milester.
moms
Suddenly, at 20 years old, I was the head of the family, and I had to take care of my sisters, who were 15 and 16, on my own.
death
Caitlin Doughty of "Ask a Mortician" says you should talk to your kids about death. And a pet psychic says my dead cat visits me.
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Family Drama,
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parenting,
kids,
talking to kids about death,
sandy hook,
ghost cats,
ask a mortician
Dec 20, 2012 at 1:30pm | 56 comments
