Seven Angels, Four Kids, One Family
Sometimes sarcasm is the only sane response
A few weeks ago, we watched WALL-E for the first time, and I found it very enjoyable. I highly recommend it to anyone who wants some sweet family-friendly entertainment, and if you do watch it, take note of how much…
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One of the pop-psychology tidbits I hear all the time are about unmet needs, and the unhelpful things people do to meet them. The St. Michael chaplet I pray every day asks for protection against the snares of the devil,…
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Recently I’ve been thinking about life more in terms of seasons than of permanency. Whether it’s that I’m getting older I’m not sure, but I’ve stopped reacting to situations as if they’re the permanent state of being. I’m feeling more…
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Your general verdict seems to be that I am not, in fact, sarcastic, despite having run a weblog for two and a half years claiming to serve up sarcasm on a daily basis, but no one offered a solution as…
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I have been told that despite my blog’s subtitle (at the time of this posting: “Sarcasm served up daily”) I am not, in fact, sarcastic. In the email, the writer (who may identify himself if he chooses) pondered whether I’m…
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My Patient Husband said to me, “I didn’t tell you about Mike.” Mike is the name we’ll use for the CEO/Owner/Grand High Poobah of Patient Industries, the good folks who employ my Patient Husband. Mike frequently comes up in conversation…
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As I mentioned in my last entry, we’re losing a family member. We did lose him over the weekend. Grief is…typically, it’s atypical. I don’t know how often on the anencephaly support group I told moms, “There’s no right and…
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As I write this, a family member is in his final hours. Hospice is involved. He’s being kept comfortable, and family is nearby at all times. Far distant, I’m unable to do anything except pray, which I have. And talk…
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I’m a stats junkie. Even on my personal website, which gets maybe one page view per century, I’ll check my google analytics page to find out what people were looking at and what search term they used to get there….
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Today at the grocery store, I saw something I’d never seen before: a woman grocery shopping while using a crutch. I had The Baby with me, and I’ve just been sick, but I realized she needed help. And I couldn’t…
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