Well, it’s happened. My last little chick has sprouted wings (to match his cute little horns) and passed his driver’s license test. Don’t ask me why it took 2 years past the expected date to accomplish the task, but it did. I am not complaining about that at all, by the way. Frankly, (and you […]
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School is starting. But not for me. No more urging a sleepy teenager out of the house at 7:15 a.m. and repeating all the way to school, “What? What? Are you talking? Are you moving your lips? Are you sure you’re moving your lips? Well, I don’t think you are. Austin, enunciate! Speak. Up!!” Nope. No […]
After a Friday evening discussion with my stepson, the recent high school graduate, in which I learned he had no intention of brushing his teeth that night OR the next morning before being delivered to work by his friend, my brain shorted out. In a desperate attempt to escape the reality that I had failed to teach […]
My stepson was home over Spring Break, which aside from numerous grandparent dinners, was largely unexceptional. Until Saturday. Friends were in from out-of-town and Derek was kind enough to straighten the kitchen for me after I’d asked three times. I guess he wanted to make sure I REALLY wanted it cleaned. I have to admit, I was impressed […]
