Seven Angels, Four Kids, One Family
Sometimes sarcasm is the only sane response
Just yesterday, someone was telling me about a trip she’d taken with her elderly mother. It sounded like a fantastic trip, the kind you take once in a lifetime — and given her mother’s age, that’s likely to be the…
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As I type, I’m being interrupted every minute or so to spell a word. It started this morning when I set the breakfast table. “Who’s reading Howl’s Moving Castle?” Howl’s Moving Castle is an amazing book and I’ve read it…
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This is how I look when someone taps me on the shoulder and says, “Are you reading a book?” Ask me for a rant on why people do that. When it comes to having an opinion, I’m full of it.
While biking a few weeks ago, I ran over a caterpillar. It was one of those “you can’t help it” things. By the time I saw the caterpillar, I was on top of it. I tried swerving, and then I…
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Kiddo#2 went on a week-long trip with her cousins, and she’s learned we’re Amish. I should have realized long before now, but I guess I was too busy reading books on my ereader to notice how I’ve rejected technology. Maybe…
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