My most sincere apologies to anyone who has lost someone recently. Please don’t read this post as it will certainly come across as insensitive. I know it’s harsh and unkind, but I am just trying to hash some thoughts out. The hospital bed and my grandmother have now become intermingled in such a way that […]
A nation that continues year after year to spend more money on military defense than on programs of social uplift is approaching spiritual doom. Martin Luther King, Jr.
The building and field where the victims were found has become some sort of tourist sight. Apparently there is a steady stream of people going to, I don’t know, look for answers? Search for evidence? I can’t think of any reason for anyone not involved in the prosecution or defense to be visiting that house […]
When he was drilling out the old filling, I left the chair a few times, but I made it out of the dentist’s office without tears. My entire cheek and tongue are numb, so it should be entertaining to try swallowing some tylenol. Now we have a race to see if I can get the […]
Tomorrow I am going to the dentist. I hate the dentist. I don’t like someone looking in my mouth and it is money that should be spent on the children’s needs. I am only going because I am in constant pain in my jaw now and I think it’s triggering my migraines. I will spend […]
Funny – Jumping in the air, landing on your backside, laughing out loud and repeating. Not funny – Being shoved by big sister, landing on your backside and howling until sister gets scolded.
Angie’s family is trying to bring Sveta back to the U.S. for the summer. Please help them bring her here. If they collect more than travelling expenses, they will use the remainder to buy clothes for Sveta to take back home with her when she leaves.
Friday night – no dessert Saturday Breakfast – 2 delicious LatteMan cookies, 1 glass of de-caf tea & a huge bowlful of guilt from my father What’s for lunch?
When we’re in the car, Sarah and Tommy usually have their own music playing and I control the music on the car radio. While waiting for Doug and Noah to finish at Boy Scouts, I learned Sarah was without her own music when she leaned toward the front of the van and complained. Sarah: “What […]
This girl was in Sarah’s youth group at church. My mother went from freaked out because this happened next to her work (“they’re searching the field and hovering overhead in helicopters with guns hanging out”) to a frenzy because Sarah might possibly know the victim. My father just dropped by to ask Sarah what she […]