You plan, you clean, you order ahead. You invite company You anticipate will enjoy each other. The time arrives Along with certain expectations. But those hopes Quickly go up in smoke. The guests you were hoping to impress Defy not just etiquette but decency too. Apologies are whispered, Eyes and noses of the young, diverted. [...]
I spent the day with my nieces (my brother’s girls), my sister and my daughter. Not the eight girls we were prepared for, but close enough. We ate out for breakfast, then bought some cheap craft items to do during Sun’s nap. Then we went bowling — my nieces’ choice. I forgot just how bad [...]
When I was a child, there was no camp. Well, maybe there was but no kid I knew went to one. Why? Because it was rare that our mom’s worked. What did we kids do in the summer? We played outside a lot. Kickball in the streets, rode bikes, swam, jumped rope. We also bought [...]
UPDATE: Curly made it through the 5+ hour surgery just fine. She did need a blood transfusion, but the docs did all they had hoped to do in the surgery. So much so, there may not need to be any other surgeries!! She’s doing fine, and should be going home in a couple of days. [...]
Sun’s first day at daycare was yesterday. During the summer, it’s called Camp. I did my best to hide my nerves from her. I knew she’d be fine, that in fact she’d like it. But I couldn’t help but feel this was the first true test of a parent’s job: prepare your child to fly [...]