We’re moved into the house enough to find the measuring cups, toilet paper, underwear, and the Wii. The kids are done with their camps. It’s the middle of July. No one goes outside – except to swim – in...
Published in The Cross Timbers Gazette, July 2010 (click HERE for the link) Waxing Nostalgic and Neurotic after watching Toy Story 3 . . . The Blinking Game. I played it on car trips, during church, at the dinner...
The car drive from Utah to Texas was especially exhausting for me due to the glowering, the sulking, and the word “ridiculous” (repeated at least a thousand times) emanating from the back seat, where Kirsten (age 14) happened to...
The strongest four-letter-word that comes out of my mouth is CRAP. When the kids hear me say it, they scatter. There was a lot of scattering going on at my house last Tuesday. Early afternoon, I got a call that there was a...
We’ve trudged through some mighty tough times these last two years. A move, extreme stress and financial loss, a house we need to sell that’s worth far less than what we bought it for two years ago, another...
This is a little longer than my normal posts, but it’s a story I’ve wanted to write for a long time. I’m not sure I’m 100% satisfied with it, but it’s a start. It’s definitely a...
Host Seth Part I: The Curious Bumps Seth shows Mom a curious patch of bumps on his stomach. After determining that they don’t hurt, Mom ignores the problem until she guilts herself into taking Seth to the...
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