Instead of the usual entrance into the zoo, zoo campers come and go through a back gate located inside an old Knoxville neighborhood. I was supposed to turn at the first prostitute, but I was distracted by the excited 5-year-old asking me a steady stream of questions (“Will they know my name?) and missed my […]
Based on the frequency that I find myself wiping my phone, it obviously has a LOT of contact with my face. Someone should market a line of close-contact cell phones to adolescents with an acne preventive coating on the phone. They could also do a line for middle aged women with chemical peels built into […]
While making the evening taxi runs, I noticed that despite the pouring rain, the automatic sprinklers at the car lots were all on full blast. Wouldn’t a rain sensor that over-rides the timer be more environmentally and economically intelligent?
So far, the girls (not me, I’m too old to be included in that category and I’m a Mom, which means I don’t deserve fun) are winning the summer fun contest. Sarah is still at Lee University which means she doesn’t have any chores or sibling assistance this week. She has filled up most of […]
I don’t think I want to go to Indiana this summer.
Today’s weather was absolutely beautiful, so we had a wonderful day in the Smokies. Well, we did all get sunburns and Noah locked the keys in the car. While the keys were locked in the car, Evan fouled a diaper and rolled in the dust as Sarah’s shoe disappeared in the stream. Molly did decide […]
Is it just me or has this been an extremely long, difficult week? I hope some East TN bloggers will be at Calhoun’s on Saturday night. I’ll be the one with dark circles under my eyes, chasing a child enjoying his ‘terrible 2s’ a month before he turns two. He’s a prodigy, that boy. My […]
Tonight was Sarah’s induction into the Honor Society. I wept through the ceremony. Normal milestones are bittersweet when one of your children is disabled. The normalcy of Sarah’s life, her achievements and her potential all make me so proud, yet each and every one is a reminder of what Tommy hasn’t had and how hard […]
After days like today, I want to lock the doors and hold my children close. Keeping them home is easy. Having the faith to let them out into the world is hard. Sometimes, it’s just too much to ask.
A million years ago, I was the secretary for a large CPA firm in Memphis. The hysterics with shoeboxes and the compulsives with alphabetical file folders walked out of the office with completed tax forms in less than an hour. Well, technically they walked out with copies. I mailed the actual forms every day so […]