judge | Drew Dotson

Don't put the pity in serendipity (a grief no-no)

When you’ve lost a loved one, certain dates are etched in your mind. The big milestones are impossible to forget, but other, less...

Feb 16, 20233 min read

27 months

"Today's date is the 20th," the poll worker announced this morning as I completed paperwork to vote in Georgia's (very important)...

Oct 20, 20222 min read

I hugged a sign.

I hugged a sign last weekend, and it hugged me back. It’s official! At this very moment, cars are driving over the Judge Ramón Alvarado...

Oct 5, 20223 min read

Remembering Ramón

I think we’ve all had the same pressing question lately: How do I live a life that's so amazing they name a bridge after me? Just...

Sep 22, 20221 min read

October 1: Save the date!

Several months ago, a *quite* special resolution was introduced to the Georgia General Assembly: HR 918: Judge Ramón Alvarado Bridge;...

Aug 22, 20221 min read

Happy birthday, Your Honor!

Today this guy would have turned 43! It would have also been the three-year anniversary of his cancer diagnosis. This year, as the date...

May 7, 20221 min read

A smidgen

As I sat down to write this post, I thought I’d start by saying, "I woke up to a text from Ramón’s brother-in-law, Steve." Then I...

Jan 7, 20223 min read

Thank you for everything

A friend gifted me this leather bracelet in August. She conspired to get a sample of Ramón’s handwriting, and my mom had a note from...

Oct 25, 20202 min read

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My name is Drew Dotson, and my life has been anything but perfect, yet it's still perfectly beautiful. After growing up with a genetic disease, cystic fibrosis, I was blessed to meet an amazing man who loved me without bounds. Then he died.

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