“You wouldn’t like it,” my son informed me when I asked him how he enjoyed the movie he’d just seen. I didn’t argue since I haven’t liked… Read more “Go ahead, kill the mom!”
Category: chldren
Guess who’s coming to dinner?
“I’ve had enough,” my youngest son announced as he pushed away a half-finished taco. “I don’t feel like having any more.” My husband, Mark, and I exchanged… Read more “Guess who’s coming to dinner?”
Bah, Romance!
The latest in the entry of “Star Wars” movie made me remember the time my son Joe and I saw a coming attraction for an earlier installment… Read more “Bah, Romance!”
I so happy
My family used to live in a house that had several overgrown lilac bushes running along its north side, bushes that had been there for probably a… Read more “I so happy”
Sometimes it really does suck to be us
Not so long ago I was watching the news with a young male relative when a story came on about a flood in a southern state and… Read more “Sometimes it really does suck to be us”
The Principal of the Thing
Although my kids have been out of high school for several years, I still remember the true thrill I experienced when our youngest graduated. I was happy… Read more “The Principal of the Thing”
Guilty Tendencies
I grew up with a mother who used guilt the way a truly good cook uses salt: never too much but just enough to taste it. Mom… Read more “Guilty Tendencies”
