Category: Stories
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Elmo For Zack
When my friend Heather‘s son Zack passed away, every parent’s worst nightmare became a reality. But what Heather she chose to do with such insurmountable pain, is beautifully inspiring. Through her grief, Heather works to keep her boy’s spirit alive by celebrating him every day. So many of us have never met Zack, but we know…
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Goosebumps and Shivers
Shiver me timbers, nothing beats a good back ticklin’. My love of ‘the shivers’ has been transferred to my children. Every night as we assume the cuddle position, one of the kids whispers, “Dot-Dot-Line-Line Mummy.” Anyone remember this childhood rhyme or did my somewhat twisted family make it up? The {non-twisted} version goes: Dot,…
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It’s The Thoughtlessness That Counts
Winter birthdays stink; my husband and I can both attest to that. His birthday, a few days before Christmas, is consistently lost in the storm of holiday preparations. On his last birthday, my aging husband worked all day, came home to a house in chaos, a stressed out wife and absolutely no birthday regalia.…
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Dexter Who?
We don’t have cable t.v.. You can read about why we’re such losers here. We DO have Netflix however and have been devouring the HBO show, Dexter. So disgusting and disturbing, and completely excellent. Of course, we only watch when the kids are asleep. God knows we don’t need to burden them with a…
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Cowboys and Seahawks
“What would you like to do tomorrow?” I asked my daughter as we snuggled at bedtime. “Go to farm?” she asked. In this weather? Not a chance. But instead of stating this disappointing fact I asked, “What would you see at a farm?” “Sheep, cowboys, annnnnnnnd, Seahawks!” was her reply. Hmm, it seems our…