YaYa has been sick for nearly 4 weeks now. I don't mean a few sniffling, sneezes, stuffy head, fever, unable to rest sick. I mean full on harsh coughing, head pounding, antibiotics, cough medicine, and cough drop taking madness -- during ALL hours of … [Continue reading]
Each year, time magically takes back the hour that was given to us in the fall, like an indian giver takes away something they have just given to you. I remember the year I practiced tough love on my firstborn. That day, an hour felt like two and … [Continue reading]
Ever since the year Tom died, Mr. Good Neighbor has graciously tended to my roses. While I struggled to maintain some sort of normalcy inside my home (keeping the kids fed, arranging for rides to school and baseball, and caring for Tom) my neighbor … [Continue reading]
He'd been good. And he was hungry. Very hungry. What more did I need? … [Continue reading]
Be careful who you complain to or, to be more precise, be careful who you let help you. It may later be taken out of context and mistaken for something far beyond the innocent good deed that it is. I'll be the first to say that this is a sad reality … [Continue reading]