I have always liked the excitement of voting on election day. It’s political junkie Christmas. This year, with the college freshman voting for the first time, it just seemed wise to be early voters. As always, we loaded up the entire family to visit the polls. “Why do we ALL have to go?” “Because it’s […]
Dad: “Let’s plan this week’s menu democratically.” Amy: “What’s that mean?” Me: “It means we fight amongst ourselves.”
Today was spent doing what I hope will NOT become a Friday tradition, driving up to Appalachia to pick up Tommy from LMU. My companions for the day were my several decades younger than me 3-year-old and my several decades older than me father. I thought the day would be uneventful as long as I […]
This has been one of those weeks that is so bizarre, I could write a dozen posts and not cover everything, but I can’t sit down yet. Eventually, I want to write about pencils, bike helmets, bus stops, adultery, multiple personalities, marital aids, dead cars, cigarettes, boys and tantrums. Among other things.
Maedelle Hearington Evans was born May 12, 1918 in Wildersville, TN. Her mother died when she was 10 and she spent the rest of her childhood helping to raise her younger siblings. While most of her family left school early to work, she graduated from the University of Tennessee. She married Rex Evans while he […]
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 – […]