More than a decade ago this page was a crutch as I limped through parenting a lot of kids…and then one day I just stopped writing. I don’t remember why. Maybe I didn’t need it anymore. Or maybe life defeated me in ways I didn’t want to explain and so I just…didn’t.
To see what I’m writing now, click on my SUBSTACK. Follow along. Let’s see where this goes.
Latest Stories
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Role Reversal »
A few years ago Dan left his job and stayed home with the kids for five months so I could finish college. We had 8 kids at home. Five of them had some kind of special needs, two severely handicapped, intensive needs. They attended five different schools in two different towns. I was taking 25…
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Reality Shows…Really? »
I’ve not had television channels for eight years. I know…weird. So when my friend Jessica, who gained some notoriety a while back as Sarah Palin’s hairdresser, called and said a major network was going to be filming a reality television show in her Beehive Beauty Shop, in Wasilla, Alaska, I’m not gonna lie…my initial reaction…
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First Day Of School »
Tuesday was my 19th year of sending kids off on their “First Day Of School”. And as I slowed down in front of the building and shoved them all out, it dawned on me that I have 9 more years to go. And that doesn’t include college. Or the grandchildren I will likely end up…
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Keepsakes Or Crap? »
I’ve collected much junk over the years. Some of it worth keeping around, some of it only here because I can’t bring myself to drop it in the trash. Once you’ve carried something around with you for thirty years, moving from house to house, state to state, you wonder what the point would be in…
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House Rules »
House Rules 1. If it’s not yours…don’t touch it. 2. Remove your shoes at the door. Not directly in front of the door…off to the side. 3. If the bathroom door is locked, knocking repeatedly will not make it open any faster. 4. Do not use “fair” to describe what something is not. It is…