Posted in grief, law school, mother on October 31, 2007 | 3 Comments »
I woke up the other night wanting my mother. It felt like a cold wind was blowing through me, and I had no insides, no stomach or guts to shield myself from it.
I thought this was strange, and then I realized my mother passed away 12 years ago today. By a strange coincidence, it is [...]
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Posted in law school on October 19, 2007 | 4 Comments »
If Kerri calls me out, I have to come out.
Basically, I am overwhelmed, exhausted, not sleeping, living off of cheez its and starbucks, stressed out of my mind, brains on fire, feel like I have been hit by a truck, and all in all, having a marvelous time.
It has just been very very hard. I [...]
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Posted in law school on October 5, 2007 | 8 Comments »
So I turn in my legal writing memo, my first graded assignment of my law school career. A couple days later, I get an email back from my professor. Its says, “Don’t panic, but I am sending this back to you. You seem to have a bedrock misunderstanding of what a legal memo is.”
Don’t panic! [...]
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