A Suicidal Rollercoaster

When I was young, one of my favorite bands was Suicidal Tendencies. As a teenager between junior high and high school, I loved their shock-and-awe style and disturbing lyrics. My friend (the bishop’s kid) and I made a Suicidal Tendencies T-shirt in craft class, featuring a sweet graphic and listing all the ways the guy tried to kill himself in the song Suicidal Failure.

How did I do this week? December 10, 2023

So, I have felt mostly in tune with things spiritual, but I did have one strange experience this week. My wife struggles with a condition called trigeminal neuralgia. She developed it after a second bout with shingles. I remember when it first developed. Wow, talk about a difficult time. She was in so much pain she basically closed off the world including me and the kids. This condition started about 10 years ago. Over the last few weeks, she has been expressing that the condition has been “firing.” Firing is her term for it because it relates to how it feels. Sharp bursts of electrical shocks in her face.