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{ Monthly Archives } July 2008

people like us: nkf: legistation

From: Miranda Ram [mailto:MirandaR@KIDNEY.ORG] Subject: Congratulations People Like Us! Dear NKF “People Like Us” Member: I am very pleased to let you know that some very significant kidney-related legislation, including a measure to provide education about different treatment options before patients begin dialysis (commonly referred to as “pre-dialysis education”), passed in the United States Senate [...]

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it's a done deal

So Monday on the way to see Hancock, while Preston was doing what he needed to do at Thornton’s, I walked to the complex we’re moving to and dropped off our deposit, applications, and application fees. The manager called yesterday saying we had been “conditionally approved”, meaning one of us had a bad credit mark, [...]

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overheard

overheard on my telephone: thomas: she’s out in the living room, and he’s watching television me: who died? thomas: nobody died me: then who’s funeral did she go to? thomas: mommy, have you lost it? me: what do you mean? thomas: nobody went to a funeral me: you said that’s where kathy’s gone off to [...]

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quote to start the day

As esoteric as it may seem, this tiny lethal realm, none of it for them to see, my private little hell. – Duncan Smith, circa 12/89, Prison Without Walls

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