Leaf at St. Joseph’s Hospital by Ashley Lyn Munsinger When Ashley was born, on a bright day in July, her nickname was immediately “Bug,” as in “cute as a bug.” I went in to watch her sleep in her crib almost every night after we brought her home. I watched her very small chest rise [...]
This is from an email I wrote to steve@apple.com: …she died January 3rd. My iphone HAD been a reliable alarm. I missed the daylight savings update debacle, at least for anything vital. I set a 3:30 AM and a 4 AM alarm for getting up to catch a 6:30 flight from Boston [...]
I love good tools. I recently wrote a log zipping script specific to the environment I currently work in. We don't remove logs from the servers (yet – that will change, but has not so far). The partitions on which the logs live are quite large. The servers' lifespan is short enough before rebuild [...]
My brother Dennis, my youngest brother, the baby of the family for so long, died Saturday 24th April 2010, very suddenly. He had a huge loving heart, and leaves an overwhelming hole behind him. He was there for me without any question or reservation and I hope he begins to know how much he is [...]
My daughter is in remission from AML type M4. She is coming off a ventilator she's been on for 38 days now, in an ICU in California. I'm leaving tomorrow after six weeks out with her. That's good – I miss being home, I miss my family in MA. I am so glad my daughter [...]
Not something you hope to have to hope for… My daughter has visually more healthy bone marrow than she had 36 days ago when she came into the hospital in crisis. She has at least managed to knock the cancer back and rebuild a bone marrow that is not diseased. More detailed tests will [...]
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