The Reluctant Grownup – Page 143 – Growing old gracelessly.

Farewell

He’s gone. I’m flying out to Louisville for the funeral Thursday. Sigh. Such a cheerful, unique personality. As a friend put it, cancer bites. God bless you…

January 31, 2006

Categorizing Things is Overrated

Patrick Will Be Pleased

In briefly perusing my statistics for who’s been checking me out, I discovered that someone landed here after google searching "deadbeat husbands who do no work." My deadbeat husband…

July 2, 2008

Bitchin in the Kitchen

It’s Been a Minute

I’ve just returned from a business trip to Manhattan. I had to wake at 3:45 am on Sunday to catch my 5 am flight, which was fairly miserable. Even worse…

November 12, 2017

Wiggin’

RG / June 9, 2011

Just this second, I’m feeling overwhelmed and out of control. Oddly, it has nothing to do with the job, which continues to click along at a breakneck pace, taking up virtually all of…

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RG / June 8, 2011

I am home for the weekend. I have been living every second with the boys. Liam doesn’t sleep well. I am tired. Liam goes down for a nap. Jack is still awake, playing…

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My Baby, My Boy

RG / June 1, 2011

In fourteen days, my baby will be one year old. People are asking me the plan for the first birthday. I’m working 12,13,14 hour days, his father is working endless days, we are…

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Benny

RG / May 23, 2011

Oh man, you guys. The Benny saga has just gone on and on, and every time I think it’s a good time for an update, he takes another twist in the road and…

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Friday Night in Mo-Town

RG / May 20, 2011

I am drinking my second beer of the night, in my hotel room, listening to the sounds of the various humans occupying their little blocks of space beside me, below me, above me.…

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