I got in line at Johnson Field at 3:00 PM to save a spot for friends and family who would be joining me. It was hot and the line seemed very long as I took my place at the end of it. I was halfway between the field and the UNM Bookstore. I watched as people came by selling t-shirts, caps and buttons, volunteers canvassing the crowd to be sure we had early voted and signing people to volunteer in the crucial last 10 days of the campaign. One… Continue

Room 637



Twice I was hospitalized in this same room, stared at its four walls, prayed for my unborn child and myself. Upon discharge the second time I remarked, “Next time I am here in this room it will be with my new baby.” My hopeful words were spoken but would never come to pass. – A haze of sadness in December, baby is lost, passed in the ER six stories below Room 637 – Today, May 25, 2008, my due date. I make my rounds in the hospital looking in on new moms and their precious… Continue