Ch 3 of 5: “F*ck Your Excuses!”
26 October 2018Saturday, ~12:30 I just finished Jiu-Jitsu here at Press BJJ and I rolled like a mad man — very little rest between rounds. I rolled till no one else was on the mat. After all — it was the last time I’d be on the mat for a while (liver donation surgery is in 5 […]
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Ch 2 of 5: “This Is The Day That I Die” – Part 3
We just wrapped up dinner and my wife & I looked at each other and our eyes locked, both knowing what each other was thinking…”Should we do it? Should we tell them?”I had the idea of bringing the kit the transplant center sent me and putting a bow on it — this would be our […]
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Ch 2 of 5: “This Is The Day That I die” – Part 2
“This person is an angel from God”After my mother-in-law said these words — they didn’t sit well with me.Of all the mistakes I’ve made in my life, I’m no angel.To this point, we’ve done everything anonymously — but I could see how the “unknown” was bothering my wife’s family.They wanted to know so they could […]
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Ch 2 of 5: “This Is The Day That I Die” – Part 1
There’s A LOT to unpack in this chapter so I decided to break it up into a few parts for time reading constraints. 16 October 201909:30“Hey Mr Gutierrez! We’re SO glad you called — you’re approved and a PERFECT match, do you still want to proceed with the testing?” So went the words of the lovely Mrs. […]
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Ch 1 of 5: The Day I Said, “Yes”
F*ck, I don’t even know where or how to start this thing so I’m just gonna roll with what flows from my head, cool? Cool. I’ve struggled with writing this post (and almost decided not to) — I wanted to have it out to you last week as… last week was the 1 year anniversary I kickstarted the in-depth […]
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