Parade season started with Knoxville’s Veteran’s Day Parade. It was everything a parade should be, but as I’ve seen, frequently isn’t. The parade experience started over your head with low flying planes and helicopters repeatedly circling the parade route. The soldiers of the past, present and future marched in full uniform. Marching bands. Local politicians. […]
Remember Noah’s first concert? I do. It was an experience that brought tears to my eyes. Tonight is Noah’s second concert. Don’t you think it’s my turn to stay home with the other children so that Doug can savor the very special experience for himself? I wouldn’t want to deprive him of the joy parenting […]
Since I want to keep my worst mother ever award, I’ve agreed to let Sarah go with all of her friends to get their ear cartilage pierced. It’s not the extra ear piercings that bother me. It’s the addictive nature of piercings. It’s her ears though, so my only dog in this fight is hygiene. […]
Although I have packed away everything glass and written “2010” on the storage buckets, Evan killed 14 ornaments this year. I should spend the next year creating fabric ornaments, but the tree needed something this year. We let the children paint some wooden ornaments. Tommy was displeased with the shapes. “Nothing cool?” Sarah was thrilled. […]
Since last week’s mucus party, Evan has been going to sleep in our bed instead of his crib. Evan slept between us for almost two years and I loved every minute of it. No. I loved ALMOST every minute of it. I love tucking his head under my chin and breathing in so deeply that […]
Best episode ever.
I love you. I promise I’ll watch you tomorrow during Evan’s nap. Tonight I’m going to watch Tin Man instead of you. It’s nothing you’ve done. It’s all about me. Please don’t be mad. You’re still my comic geek lover. Love, Cathy
My parents have always loved calling stores to ask if they have a “insert name of anything here” before heading over to the store. I have teased them my entire life that there is no way the minimum wage store clerk is running around the store searching for the desired item. Yesterday, I ran into […]
We got Tommy’s ACT scores in the mail today. The boy who was never supposed to learn to read scored a 34 in the reading section. The student who had NO math classes until he entered middle school scored a 25 in the math section. The child who I was supposed to put in a […]
Once a year, the Christmas holidays roll around and people who haven’t been the least bit interested in you all year, suddenly make their obligatory call, letter or visit. These annual contacts don’t really know or understand anybody in your household and your attempts to get to know them are met with phony smiles and […]