Not Drunk No, I am not drunk. But I just look and act like I am. I never acquired the taste for alcohol. I always saw a person who couldn’t control the amount of alcohol they ingested as weak, and I’ve always had a need to be in control. My choice of drink is Mexican …
Eggs, Bunnies, and Baskets Each Easter morning, my girls will have an Easter basket filled with special things. Every year, I plan ahead and get a few fun candy items and some memorable items that they will enjoy. I spend way too much time on the gathering and setting up. Just when I think I’m …
The Fisherman and the Farmer, A Tribute to My Dad The Old Man and the Sea We’ve all heard of legends like Paul Bunyon and John Henry, and Richard Winslow is such a legend to me. I can remember reading The Old Man and the Sea as a kid and thinking that Ernest Hemingway must …
It’s a Choice I read a post circulating that said that every day is Valentine’s Day when you are with someone you really love. This, I say, is just not true. Every day is Valentine’s is a lie. The longer I am married and the longer I am alive, I am convinced more and more …
Forever Forever is a poem about how we realize and come to accept that babies don’t keep. Time passes so quickly and we have to try to cherish every moment we are given. If asked how long is Forever, forever once I would have said it sounded so long But now that you have arrived …
Please – just don’t. If you see or hear a mom struggling with her misbehaving child(ren) and you feel the urge to offer your own parenting advice, please – just don’t. If your children always behave or only have the occasional mishap of being slightly grumpy, you cannot put yourself in the place of a …
