https://www.blogit.com/Blogs/Blog.aspx/sayinggoodbye/I'm usually a fiction writer but right now my life is more interesting than anything I could possibly make up. My dad is dying of skin cancer, I was living with my boyfriend when I accidentally met my soulmate, my brother just attacked me and got carted off to a mental health institution...just read.hourly12000-01-01T12:00+00:00https://www.blogit.com/Blogs/Blog.aspx/sayinggoodbye/614010I'm an actress. For years I've been blessed with auditions for the choicest roles. i auditioned for the ingenue lead in everything I ever went out for. I even auditioned for the part of Juno. I starred in a few movies, was on a few TV shows, carried a few plays. I messed up. Was my own worst...https://www.blogit.com/Blogs/Blog.aspx/sayinggoodbye/613059Last week my brother, 21, 6'1", attacked me. Beat on my car, then turned on me when I came outside to stop him. I called the police. I never call the police. My brother is autistic. He has Asperger's syndrome, which makes him a clinical asshole. The police found a care home for him, and my family...https://www.blogit.com/Blogs/Blog.aspx/sayinggoodbye/612058I'm in shock. Disbelief. My dad is gone and in his place is a single red rose, placed by the morticians on the pillow he was using just hours ago. That rose is my dad. I want to give that rose morphine every two hours, I want to feed it watermelon and chocolate ice cream, I want to hold its hand....https://www.blogit.com/Blogs/Blog.aspx/sayinggoodbye/611266I woke up this morning to the whirring and pumping of the oxygen machine. My sister must have started my dad on it during the night. A week ago he was dragging himself around, talking, laughing. Now he's on oxygen, laying in a hospital bed, barely able to nod "yes" or shake his head "no" in...