Month: July 2007

Thanks Jack!

Jack FM is sending our family (those over the age of 13, anyway) Doug and Tommy to the Bindlestiff Family Circus on July 11th. Doug is so happy he’s dancing.

cleaning up the trash

Ever since we started working on the courtyard at BMS, I have been concerned about how we’ll get rid of the trash. I started out with the trash service, thinking I could get a temporary dumpster donated. They were willing to donate, but unable to do so without “permission” from the school department. Umm, okay […]

overheard

church employee: “We couldn’t find your phone number, so we looked up your name on the computer.” Doug: blink blink We came home and googled our names. No, we blingo-ed, but that doesn’t matter. There we are. Good, bad and otherwise. We are a family who loves each other fiercely. We love people and we […]

biting my tongue

I don’t want to sound like Anne Frank, but I really don’t understand why everyone is so busy hating based on political parties instead of uniting on our common ground as mothers, fathers, sons and daughters. Don’t we all want to love and live and be happy? Life is hard enough without all this deliberate […]

We need a wishing well

Take a penny and some magic Even though your life is tragic, You can throw all your dreams down the well. Although everyday the pain grows You ride unicorns on rainbows, If you throw all your dreams down the well. When your life’s come apart at the scenes And you’ve given up all your dreams, […]

Tommy says

Me: “Did you see the Star Wars style text rolling across the movie screen with the list of things that make you ineligible for insurance?” Tommy: “Yes, I saw Aspergers on that list. I bet they don’t even know what Aspergers is cause I don’t have anything wrong with my body and I can do […]