Isn’t it odd how life can offer the sweetest and most bitter of flavors all at the same time? It’s like those jelly beans that come in the lovely berry and lemon flavors and also flavors like vomit. Lemon Twist has released and that story means so much to me …
I don’t know why I worry about getting old. One of my first jobs after high school was working in a retirement facility- mostly the skilled nursing level. That could be it. I am really close to my Grandparents and have watched them age and all but The Grandmas, pass …
Today is Grandparents Day. I have been richly blessed in the Grandparent department. Here are just a few memories: Great Great Grandma Ross– We called her Ma. She had snow white hair and the thickest blackest eyebrows I have ever seen. Indomitable is usually thought to be intimidating, but she …
Today Little Sir especially wanted his dad to pick him up from daycare. It wasn’t his dad’s day to do this and they just had a visit yesterday, but it’s how Little Sir felt. And he cried. Big heaving cries. That’s the thing that’s hard about divorce with kids: you’re …
Gorgeous Gal’s birthday is today. If you’re keeping track that’s my birthday, Little Sir’s and Gorgeous Gal’s all in August. So it is with completely objectivity that I think August is one of the better months to have a birthday. The best people seem to be born in August. Gorgeous …
Whenever I hear how fast parenting goes, I smile. Whenever someone sees Little Sir and says “Wasn’t it just yesterday he was coming home from the hospital?”, I smile. But inside, I’m thinking, I am a freak. I have never felt this. I believed people when they said to have …
