The Adventures of Captain Imperfecto

*To Read Entire Series Click Here May 31st, 2012 I decided to tell this story because it was a pivotal loss we had between losing the twins and the birth of our oldest son, Nico. It was a trying time for her and me. That period tested everything our relationship was about and everything it would be. We were desperate to heal ourselves and try to replace the loss we suffered on that terrible October morning in 2006 when we suffered a double loss of twins the morning we were scheduled to give birth. Mimie was very strong, but strength can only last so long. I struggled with whether it was ethical to document what Mimie wrote in her private journal about privacy and the need to know. Still, I felt deep down that people should know her struggles, especially women. Women should know that they aren't alone in their difficulties trying to conceive and that a lot of women and couples go through this. I can write from memory, but Mimie would want people to know what happens f...

May 29th, 2012 What makes life beautiful to you? What opens your heart and your mind? Is there something that can penetrate your exterior housing to reach the depths of your spiritual being, releasing the pressure from the amplitude of your hardened arteries so it can exude from your body slowly deflating the strain of your lifeblood. Is it the sight of a mountain range? Rising from the landscape and expanding in a denticulate manner piercing the blue skyline with its jagged frontier. The white snow littered on the butte, glaring back at you like a blank canvass. The trees framing your vision in a perfect box as they creep into your view. The branches of the Limber Pine gradually lining the mountains countryside. It’s green evergreen needles clashing against the white mountain side snow, but its white lined leaves blending its edges into the foreground of the large mass. Standing by the side of the Limber Pine is the Narrowleaf Cottonwood. Its tall trunk not quite reaching...

*To Read Entire Series Click Here May 28th, 2012 I decided to tell this story because it was a pivotal loss we had between losing the twins and the birth of our oldest son, Nico. It was a trying time for her and I. That stretch of time tested everything our relationship was about and everything it was going to be. We were desperate to heal ourselves and try to replace the loss we suffered on that terrible October morning in 2006 when we suffered a double loss of twins the morning we were scheduled to give birth. Mimie was very strong but strength can only last so long. I struggled with documenting what Mimie wrote in her private journal between privacy and the need to know, but I felt deep down that people should know her struggles, espeically women. Women should know that they aren't alone with their difficulties trying to concieve and that a lot of women, and couples, go through this.  I can write from memory, but Mimie would w...