Somewhere outside Franklin yesterday afternoon, my very young cousin was killed in a car accident. Her two tiny children were rushed to Children’s Hospital in Nashville and are in very bad shape. I will not be going to the funeral in Parsons this week. I know she’ll be laid to rest in the family cemetary […]
Since I don’t drink I’m making myself a chocolate-eating game. Every time one of the items below happens this weekend, I’ll have to leave the room and steal a bite of the children’s Halloween chocolates. With Thanksgiving and Christmas coming up, you can change the items to make the game work for you. I get […]
Inmates in our little asylum – Cathy – me, wife, mother, sister, daughter, S.A.D., watches too much tv Doug – husband, father, brother, son, I.E.D., O.C.D., severe romanticism Tommy – age 14, Aspergers and teenageritis Sarah – age 11, severely normal but seeking teenageritis Noah – age 8, A.D.D., tender hearted, champion nosebleeder Amy – […]
I’m not ready to talk about what’s really upsetting me yet (it’s Tommy, not Doug) so I’ll tell an old story. Many years ago (UT fans will know how many halfway through this story) my husband left me and I was staying in my parents’ house. My mother had left for work and I was […]