At that moment of clarity, I could never have imagined what was in store for me or my family in the coming months. But in that moment, I gained emotional maturity that would carry me through… Recently, I was sitting at breakfast with my 16-year-old, who will remain nameless lest I embarrass her and…
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The Highly Unlikely Tale of Pneumonia and Three Dead Mice
Whoever coined the phrase, “quiet at a mouse”, has obviously never been woken in the middle of the night by a mouse having a party in a plastic bag. Mice and I have an ugly history, and it starts thusly. When Jordan was about six months old, I found a recliner on the street. I…
It Was Highly Unlikely I Would Ever Write Again…
I used to blog for fun. I wrote funny stories from events in my life, always looking for the good and humorous things that made all the crap in my world stink less. Then, seven years ago, I decided to go to college and get a degree in accounting just in case my kids ever…