Me, “You are too young for us to go white water rafting in Yosemite.” Ten year-old, “You need to get me a fake birth certificate so I can do things I want to do. Make me thirteen.” Me, “But they will see you have no markings of puberty like armpit hair.” Ten year-old, “They will […]
Dirt and Boys
Stayed at our barn-house yesterday from about 1-9:30. We even had to get gas station pizza for dinner. This is primarily because there is no one that will deliver out to the middle of nowhere. We couldn’t even bring ourselves to leave. Beautiful day. Jim mowed. Kids rode dirt bikes and I unpacked some. […]
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No Denying This, Son
“No denying this son. There is only one rear end in this house that only takes up 25% of the copy machine glass. You need a Clorox wipe so I can fax again. I don’t care if I gave you the idea when you said you needed a picture of your lizard for school. Well […]
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Four-leaf clover patch…Peter’s Tiananmen Square
We have something amazing. We have our own little patch of good luck. We have an entire patch of four leaf clovers that come back year after year. I walk out of our front door every day and that little patch of four leaf clovers reminds me of how lucky we are. How blessed our […]
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The Boy Wants Gin on a Snow Day?
I don’t know where you live but here in North Carolina we’re getting snow days. North Carolina is drunk. You may already know I am not a big fan of snow or winter or anything having to do with wearing a coat. Yesterday was a magical snow day for us after I was reminded to […]
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