Seven Angels, Four Kids, One Family
Sometimes sarcasm is the only sane response
Dear Grandma L: It’s weird sometimes what we remember from childhood. I don’t know if you realized that some perfectly ordinary moments were the ones I’d recall. Things like the powdered packet of Lipton Noodle soup made for lunch. Things…
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Kiddo#1 saved his money until he was able to buy a very nice telescope for his birthday. (Thanks mostly to all family members who generously gave birthday gifts of the cash variety.) This purchase followed on months of him walking…
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I’ve only had a couple of Explores with the bike this summer, but I wanted to post at least one of them. Last week’s would have made an awesome entry because about two miles from my home, I found a…
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Kiddo#2 hears everything. She told me with interest that the teachers had been talking about someone who had recently died or recently retired — I couldn’t tell which. The person had worked as a crossing guard at the school for an…
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It’s come to my attention that I may have some very-local readers. Since I figured anyone who had to deal with our family on a regular basis would stay away from my blog in an attempt to save his or…
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After posting last week about driving under the influence of stress, I began an experiment. My experiment involves convincing myself I do not care if we are late. My theory since I first learned to drive is that speeding doesn’t…
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“I wish Mary hadn’t been the one to buy that piece,” she told me. “She’s wasting it.” I was on the phone with a relative, listening to a description of a fundraiser at her church. A couple dozen volunteers had…
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Last night, I thought about forgiveness and making things right. I think in general it’s assumed that when Party A forgives Party B, that Party B is in some respects let off the hook (so to speak) and that Party…
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Sunday at the train station I found myself face to face with a black plastic trash bag standing under a central support post in the bottom floor of the parking garage, no one around it. It wasn’t someplace you might…
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Dear Emily, Today should have been your tenth birthday, and tomorrow is ten years since you entered Heaven. I just wanted to tell you we still miss you and sometimes I still see the gap in our family where you’d…
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