Recently, I’ve been re-posting words I wrote shortly and long after Alec committed suicide on March 1st, 2010. While I had been planning to republish those words eventually, recent events made getting them up a priority. Cue it up for listening while you read Right after Alec’s wake, I drove into town to meet up…
It was during that superficially exciting time in my life when I was living in South Beach, surrounded by beautiful people, and shooting erotica nonstop that someone said to me, “I wish I could be you.”Without hesitation I replied, “No you don’t. I don’t even want to be me.” There have always been dark realities…
Cue it up now, please, listen as you read. I’m kind of battling with two different things right now, and trying to find the balance between everything. I think I should warn you that, while this isn’t graphic in nature, that the content of this post may be upsetting. If you’re of influential mind, just…
Wikipedia (which is the known trusted source of human knowledge or something close to it) has this introduction for their entry on Catharsis: Catharsis is the emotional cleansing of the audience and/or characters in the play. In relation to drama it is an extreme change in emotion resulting from strong feelings of sorrow, fear, pity,…
At 4pm this afternoon, we will be burying Alec. I would ask for one thing from those of you who can’t attend the service but who knew Alec, myself, his mother, his brother, his girlfriend, or any of the rest of our family: please take a moment of silence at that time to remember him….
Everyone, This post is going to be somewhat short and I have soooooo much to say, but I need to get a message out right now. Everything feels like it’s happening at lightning speed. I don’t know where to begin. I can’t thank everyone enough for your love and support. As a lot of you…
I want to say thank you en masse for all of your love. To all of the many friends who have reached out across this globe to share your love by phone, by message, by whatever means you have been able to, I thank you. We are having visitation on Saturday, the funeral will be…
I beg that you please send all positive thoughts, energies, prayers, whatever you have this way to my family and I. I’m in Charlotte, NC, tonight and will be in Newberry, SC in the morning. Alec, my oldest son, committed suicide today, Monday, March 1st, 2010. I just want to ask that you keep all…