Pizza For Days
We – as Americans – can usually eat pizza for days at a time. The circumstances just happening this way… Friday night pie enjoyed as leftovers all weekend. Having no time to make your own dinner and deciding to go Read More …
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Grew To Love It
Even if you didn’t start it out this way you grew to love it. Change is good. New experiences are better. But… nostalgia will always get you in the end. Even though things are very different, you probably grew to Read More …
Really Leaving
When someone tells you they are leaving, but they stay at the party for another hour – whether it is saying goodbye or just lingering longer – it is when they are really leaving that you have to say goodbye. Read More …
Chill Days
When life is too busy you need some chill days… Early fall is good for this – not just because of the cooler weather, but because life has become more routine. Back to school, a regular schedule and now is Read More …
Weather Permitting
When the event says, weather permitting they are not kidding. They will cancel, or postpone until another time (if they can.) Who wants to be out in the rain, wind and hail (or, worse – lightning, thunder snow and tornadoes)? Read More …
All Together Now
All together now is not the same as altogether now… Which is not as weird as it seems. All together = a group, or a gathering in the same place as in – all of us, together again. altogether = Read More …
TILL
A fun new acronym for parents. You are hoping for TILL or, “Today I Learned Lots” for short. Which is in fact, not likely to be the answer you get from your kids at the end of the day, sitting Read More …
A 30 Minute Wait
When there is a 30 minute wait, it always feels like longer, especially if you’re waiting for: Dinner – after skipping lunch Wash cycle – when you need to dry the clothes and pack them to leave Cake – that Read More …
Door Closed
A door closed metaphor… When you drop off you youngest child at college it’s the end of one phase and the beginning of another. For both of you. Then – not to put too fine a point on it – Read More …
Everything Changes
Seems like, in life, everything changes and we just need to: Adapt. Grow. Learn. Understand. Get a grip. Be patient. Help others. Work differently. Sooner than later everything changes and when that happens, nothing will ever be the same. ~ Read More …