Seven Angels, Four Kids, One Family
Sometimes sarcasm is the only sane response
It’s a terrible time of year: Thanksgiving Food Basket time. My church is associated with a food pantry I’ll call CC. Every week, the Kiddos and I pick something for the CC collection bin: coffee, soup, cereal…whatever they’re asking for….
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Because of the primaries, we’ve received a lot of polling phone calls to find out how we intend to vote. I’m pretty sure it’s not my duty as an American to answer them, but depending on my mood, I might….
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Continuing with my complaints about Christmas, I have a real problem with Christmas carols You’re going to ask, “Why, Jane?” In the past we would start hearing them at Thanksgiving. Some radio stations began a non-stop Christmas music program at…
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Kiddo#1 got duped by an urban legend. To whit, that if you find a Tootsie Pop with a star on the wrapper, you can turn it in to get a free box of Tootsie Pops. He found such a wrapper….
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Sunday night I looked out the window and saw, up the hill, that one of our neighbors had Christmas lights already. It was the 11th of November. In past years on my block, several neighbors got into the decorating thing…
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On Saturday, Kiddo#2 asked if we could have a “movie night,” which is one of our family traditions: I make pizzas and we eat in front of the TV on a picnic blanket and watch a movie. We chose “The…
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Generic Rice Crispies don’t sing. Do you think the lawyers got involved? “Some kid might get hurt if a Rice Crispie snaps, crackles or pops too violently. Parents would sue. Do something about this.” And yet another fun part of…
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So you’re wondering where the “seven angels” come in, since I’ve already mentioned the kiddos and the Patient Husband. There’s a bit of a double meaning here. The first meaning is the one I’ll talk about today, and that is…
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Last night, over cheesecake, I mentioned to my husband about the futility of getting a cheesecake to celebrate beings who don’t eat, and that my good friend said angels just appreciate being noticed. I added that I guess it’s okay…
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Sometimes I can’t help but have a little fun at my children’s expense. As I was dressing Kiddo#3, he got a serious look on his face and said, “I handsome now.” He considers any shirt you button to be a…
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