So Lydia had a grand mal seizure Sunday afternoon. It was her first, and with any luck–and two daily doses of anti-convulsant meds–it will be her last. We had a few hectic hours, involving an ambulance ride, a battery of tests, and hours of waiting, waiting at the hospital. I’d be perfectly [...]

Lydia had an appointment with the dentist yesterday morning to have her palate extender tightened. When I went to pick her up at school it was recess time and, wending my way through scores of unleashed kids, I saw something that made me wince and do my best to avert my eyes. And [...]

There’s much talk on the interweb these days of spring being in the air. We can feel it where I live as well, after a fashion, but not the fashion many readers may be accustomed to. These pictures were taken in my front yard yesterday afternoon, when we were all out for a [...]

Readers who haven’t spent much face time with me may not realize that my wholesome online persona is merely a facade. Though I rarely use blue language in my writing, in my everyday life I swear like a sailor. This inevitably rubs off on my children, with results that are sometimes mortifying, sometimes [...]

Everybody dance, now.

There aren’t many things nicer than a Sunday night when you DON’T have to get up early Monday morning.