Last Saturday we shoved the boys and the dog and a great many of our belongings into my tiny toaster of a car and drove to Texas. The original plan was yay! Let’s go wander in the beautiful mountains and islands of the carolinas, but then we wrote four thousand dollars worth of checks to [...]
When I was about three years old Mr.Rogers looked right out of the television, right at me, and said, “You are special, and I like you. Do you know why? Because you’re you.”
It’s four in the morning; I worked on putting broken glass into test tubes all night. It’s relaxing work if you can get [...]
You are so jealous of me. Because I have twin nephews. Who are TWINS. Both of them. I mean each of them. Whatever. Two!
This morning we drove my mom to the airport so she could go and meet them and give unto them a very important letter that was dictated to me by their [...]
The basket was full. Graham had already eaten one of the mini muffins. Nicolaus had eaten two muffins, a mini waffle thing, and a croissant. We’d gone a little heavy on the breakfast bakery items.
We got all the way through checkout before I realized my wallet wasn’t with me. More disturbing than the hassle of [...]
1. Good try! But still no.
I dreaded taking them into the bank, but it had to be done. I gave them a detailed pre-flight lecture, with the slogan Pretend you are grownups.
They nodded. Okay? Okay.
“Mama, am I a grown up?”
“That’s right.”
“In a few minutes, I am going to drive your car.”
2. I see where you’re [...]