Able Enough
All your adult life, as parents, you wait for the day when your kids are able enough to do chores. You start out small. Put away your toys. Put your laundry in the hamper. Clear your plate. Bring in the Read More …
Tag: life
Little By Little
Progress being made each day, each week and every month – little by little. Now, not today, but only a few tomorrows from now, all at once is how it will feel. Our baby…who isn’t really – she is a Read More …
Old-Timey
“Hey mom and dad, let’s watch one of those old-timey movies, you know, the ones you watched when you were a teenager.” Ugh. You know, when you had to go to the drive in because they didn’t have movie theaters Read More …
One More Thing
Just when you think that you have done everything…every thing on your list…there is just one more thing to do. Laundry Make lunch Make breakfast – or coffee – or both Go Shopping Read e-mail Take notes Pay your bills Read More …
Just Missed It
Darn. That was my favorite song from the whole play and I just missed it. That wasn’t the only thing…there was also: the express train home on a Friday night. the car turning in front of you unexpectedly. the text Read More …
Now You Tell Me
I can’t help but think that one of the e-mails I got was just a bit too late. When I read the headline, I thought “now you tell me” how to take the perfect fireworks photos. It is only 1 Read More …
Do You Ever Get That Hurtling Feeling?
A serious question…even if it doesn’t sound that way, but seriously. “Do you ever get that hurtling feeling?” Someone else is in control. You can’t make them slow down, or make them take the turns without tilting the car, ever Read More …
Embrace the Change
It is not easy to do and even though I used to tease my parents to embrace the change – sometimes you have to take your own advice – especially when you are reminded by someone else. It is easy Read More …
Just When You Think…
It is just when you think you can’t believe that someone is saying – actually saying what they are saying – out loud, to you or someone else that you realize something very important. It doesn’t matter. Just like in Read More …
Rockin’ It Old School
Most kids today would not say that it is cool to say that they are rockin’ it old school, at least, not like their parents. Like back in the 90s when e-mail was new and all we knew was AOL. Read More …