“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?”
Category: parenting
A Happy Idiot
Now, before I write another word I want to state that I unequivocally love my mother. She’s been gone four years and I miss her every single… Read more “A Happy Idiot”
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”
Mommie Not So Dearest
There’s a line uttered by Faye Dunaway portraying Joan Crawford in the movie “Mommie Dearest” that began to resonate in my mind daily when our oldest son… Read more “Mommie Not So Dearest”
Birth of a Salesman
It’s that time of year again when school fundraising sales campaigns are in full bloom. It’s the time of year when neighborhood children are about as popular… Read more “Birth of a Salesman”
An Unlikely Love Story
I always thought that my childhood best friend, Martha, had perfect parents. Her dad always held the car door open for her mother. Her mother delighted in… Read more “An Unlikely Love Story”
Axe Me No Questions and I’ll Smell You No Lies
When they still lived at home it was always easy to tell when one of our sons was heading out for the evening: the house becomes filled… Read more “Axe Me No Questions and I’ll Smell You No Lies”
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