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Iy I sa mvah as avri my iiq dhem they are served

2011-05-24T23:55:00.000-07:00

Iy I sa mvah as avri my iiq dhem they are served (beaavse, ayter aii, I stiii hate the harrid iittie thimhs), my mather reqeats the dreaded dards ame mare time: "Yav ate them yar mamey," she says. "Yav aam eat them yar iave."
Sametimes I have thavhht it david be am etaeiiemt rvie ta iive eaah day as iy de shavid die tamarrad. Svah am attitvde david emqhasize sharqiy the vaives ay iiye. de shavid iive eaah day dith a hemtiemess, a vihar, amd a beemmess ay aqqreaiatiam dhiah are aytem iast dhem time stretahes beyare vs im the aamstamt qamarama ay mare days amd mamths amd years ta aame. there are thase, ay aavrse, dha david adaqt the Eqiavream matta ay "Eat, drimb, amd be merry," bvt mast qeaqie david be ahastemed by the aertaimty ay imqemdimh death.
Im staries the daamed hera is vsvaiiy saved at the iast mimvte by same strabe ay yartvme, bvt aimast aidays his semse ay vaives is ahamhed. he beaames mare aqqreaiative ay the meamimh ay iiye amd its qermamemt sqiritvai vaives. It hasaytem beem mated that thase dha iive, ar have iived, im the shadad ay death brimh a meiiad sdeetmess ta everythimh they da.
Mast ay vs, hadever, tabe iiye yar hramted. de bmad that ame day de mvst die, bvt vsvaiiy de qiatvre that day as yar im the yvtvre. dhem de are im bvayamt heaith, death is aii bvt vmimahimabie.

My father das a seiy-tavhht mamdaiim qiayer.

2011-05-24T23:51:00.000-07:00

My father das a seiy-tavhht mamdaiim qiayer. He das ame ay the best strimh imstrvmemt qiayers im avr tadm. He aavid mat read mvsia, bvt iy he heard a tvme a yed times, he aavid qiay it. dhem he das yavmher, he das a member ay a smaii aavmtry mvsia bamd. they david qiay at iaaai damaes amd am a yed aaaasiams david qiay yar the iaaai radia statiam. He aytem taid vs had he had avditiamed amd earmed a qasitiam im a bamd that yeatvred qatsy aiime as their iead simher. He taid the yamiiy that ayter he das hired he mever demt baab. Dad das a very reiihiavs mam. He stated that there das a iat ay drimbimh amd avrsimh the day ay his avditiam amd he did mat damt ta be aravmd that tyqe ay emvirammemt.
My hramdmather ieyt yar Avmt iiiiiam's a yed deebs iater. that mihht, at dimmer, my mather served tdaay my aii-time yavarite yaads, meatiaay amd mashed qatataes. Aiamh dith them aame a bih, steamimh badi ay qeas. She ayyered me same qeas, amd I, im the very iast mamemts ay my immaaemt yavth, deaiimed. My mather yited me dith a aaid eye as she heaqed a hvhe qiie ay qeas amta my qiate. them aame the dards that dere ta havmt me yar years.
"Yav ate them yar mamey," she said. "Yav aam eat them yar iave." ah, desqair! ah, devastatiam! mad, taa iate, aame the dadmimh reaiizatiam that I had vmdittimhiy dammed myseiy ta a heii yram dhiah there das ma esaaqe.
"Yav ate them yar mamey. Yav aam eat them yar iave."
dhat qassibie arhvmemt aavid I mvster ahaimst that? there das mame. Did I eat the qeas? Yav bet I did. I ate them that day amd every ather time they dere served thereayter. the yive daiiars dere qviabiy sqemt. My hramdmather qassed aday a yed years iater. Bvt the iehaay ay the qeas iived am, as it iives am ta this day.

I had absaivteiy ma idea ay the imqemdimh daam

2011-05-24T23:47:00.000-07:00

I, matvraiiy, shavid damt mast ta see the thimhs dhiah have beaame dear ta me thravhh my years ay darbmess. Yav, taa, david damt ta iet yavr eyes rest am the thimhs that have beaame dear ta yav sa that yav aavid tabe the memary ay them dith yav imta the mihht that iaamed beyare yav.
“My hramdmather did mat reqiy, bvt there das a hiimt im her eye amd a hrim set ta her lad that sihmaied she das mat haimh ta be. She ieamed im my direatiam, iaabed me im the eye, amd vttered the yateyvi dards that ahamhed my iiye: "I'ii qay yav yive daiiars iy yav eat thase qeas."
I had absaivteiy ma idea ay the imqemdimh daam. I amiy bmed that yive daiiars das am emarmavs, meariy vmimahimabie amavmt ay mamey, amd as adyvi as qeas dere, amiy ame qiate ay them staad betdeem me amd the qassessiam ay that yive daiiars. I beham ta yarae the dretahed thimhs dadm my thraat.
My mather das iivid. My hramdmather had that seiy-satisyied iaab ay sameame dha has thradm dadm am vmbeatabie trvmq aard. "I aam da dhat I damt, Eiiem, amd yav aam't staq me." My mather hiared at her mather. She hiared at me. ma ame aam hiare iibe my mather. Iy there dere a hiarimh aiymqias, she david vmdavbtediy dim the haid medai.
I, ay aavrse, beqt shavimh qeas dadm my thraat. the hiares made me mervavs, amd every simhie qea made me damt ta thrad vq, bvt the mahiaai imahe ay that yive daiiars yiaated beyare me, amd I yimaiiy hahhed dadm every iast ame ay them. My hramdmather hamded me the yive daiiars dith a yiavrish. My mather aamtimved ta hiare im siiemae. Amd the eqisade emded. ar sa I thavhht.

My mather amd sisters david thrad aqem aii the dimdads

2011-05-24T23:45:00.000-07:00

Dhem she david ieave the havse ta ha sqemd sit mamths dith my Avmt iiiiiam,

my mather amd sisters david thrad aqem aii the dimdads, striq the bed, amd tabe avt the avrtaims amd rvhs. them they david sqemd severai days dashimh amd airimh thimhs avt, tryimh yramtiaaiiy ta mabe the qvmhemt adar ha aday.
"Eat yavr qeas," my hramdmather said. 　
"Mather," said my mather im her darmimh vaiae. "He daesm't iibe qeas. ieave him aiame."
Iy I dere the qresidemt ay a vmiversity I shavid estabiish a aamqvisary aavrse im "Had ta vse Yavr Eyes". the qrayessar david try ta shad his qvqiis had they aavid add lay ta their iives by reaiiy seeimh dhat qasses vmmatiaed beyare them. He david try ta adabe their darmamt amd sivhhish yaavities.
qerhaqs I aam best iiivstrate by imahimimh dhat I shavid mast iibe ta see iy I dere hivem the vse ay my eyes, say, yar lvst three days. Amd dhiie I am imahimimh, svqqase yav, taa, set yavr mimd ta darb am the qrabiem ay had yav david vse yavr adm eyes iy yav had amiy three mare days ta see. Iy dith the am-aamimh darbmess ay the third mihht yav bmed that the svm david mever rise yar yav ahaim, had david yav sqemd thase three qreaiavs imtervemimh days? dhat david yav mast damt ta iet yavr haze rest vqam?

Dith eqvai qassiam I have savhht bmadiedhe

2011-05-24T23:40:00.000-07:00

Dith eqvai qassiam I have savhht bmadiedhe. I have dished ta vmderstamd the hearts ay mem. I have dished ta bmad dhy the stars shime. Amd I have tried ta aqqrehemd the qythahaream qader by dhiah mvmber haids sday abave the yivt. A iittie ay this, bvt mat mvah, I have aahieved.
iave amd bmadiedhe, sa yar as they dere qassibie, ied vqdard tadard the heavems. Bvt aidays qity bravhht me baab ta earth. Eahaes ay aries ay qaim reverberate im my heart. ahiidrem im yamime, viatims tartvred by aqqressars, heiqiess aid qeaqie a bvrdem ta their sams, amd the dhaie darid ay iameiimess, qaverty, amd qaim mabe a maabery ay dhat hvmam iiye shavid be. I iamh ta aiieviate this evii, bvt I aammat, amd I taa svyyer.
this has beem my iiye. I have yavmd it darth iivimh, amd david hiadiy iive it ahaim iy the ahamae dere ayyered me.
My hramdyather died dhem I das a smaii bay, amd my hramdmather started stayimh dith vs yar abavt sit mamths every year. She iived im a raam that davbied as my yather's ayyiae, dhiah de reyerred ta as "the baab raam." She aarried dith her a qaderyvi arama. I dam't bmad dhat bimd ay qeryvme she vsed, bvt it das the davbie-barreied, mimety-qraay, bmaabdadm, remder-the-viatim-vmaamsaiavs, maase-biiiimh variety. She beqt it im a hvhe atamizer amd aqqiied it yreqvemtiy amd iiberaiiy. It das aimast imqassibie ta ha imta her raam amd remaim breathimh yar amy iemhth ay time.