Some days, we do manage perfection, at least for moments at a time. We took a drive to the North Shore so that The Professor could attend a meeting. The kids and I tagged along, to get out of the house. After dropping off their dad, I drove them twenty minutes to Fontainebleau State Park….
Category: Jack
Christmas Wrapped Up
Our front door is wide open, letting in the sixty degree air. Liam is rolling around on a pile of blankets I put on our cold tile floor. Jack is still sound asleep, nearing the end of his epic afternoon nap. I had a nap today, too, and yesterday as well. The house is a…
The Lover and the Joker
I am home after completing my last final. I’m a little grumpy that most of my friends are out celebrating, enjoying a beer at an outdoor table of a French Quarter bar on this balmy December day, while I have to be home caring for a demanding toddler and a sick, feverish infant (teething/recurring ear…
Shazam!
It’s exam season. I wish I could go “SHAZAM!” and make exams disappear. A tenuous link between content and title, but you’ll have to deal. As I said – exam week(s). I can’t believe I’m “wasting” time writing at all. I went to our old home state the week before Thanksgiving to sing with my…
THREE
ONE In the pre-dawn hours of a glorious October day, I got in my car and drove five minutes to the start of my first organized race. And then drove forty minutes looking for a parking spot. Who knew getting there an hour early was not early enough? In any case, after much travail I…