I quickly informed my disheartened 5 year-old son that in another 10 years he will be grateful that his teeth are NOT curling out of...

Mark:  Hey Liam, you want a powerball (granola treat)? Liam: Sure. I’ll eat it in the vacant lot with my brother. Mark: Hey, take one to...

We had just finished breakfast. Mark turned on some music, and we began our “normal” family business for the day. As I’m cleaning up in...

Even today. A day that we find out that Blythe has a staph infection which requires excessive hot baths, ointments, and antibiotics (not to mention...

In spite of the recent, occasional desires to wanderlust off the edge of the earth, I’m still here — at times in my pjs until...

Blythe woke me up the other night at some point between Olive’s 10pm and 2am feeding asking if I could put on her pink cowboy boots...

olive kay douglass march 4, 2009 10:52 am 6 lbs  2 0z       18 1/2 in Last summer we found out that you, Olive, would be...

You and your brother love to hear and tell stories. It’s not uncommon for either of you to dictate a story for me to transcribe...

Although always intrigued by bombastically titled books, I generally find myself discouraged by their poor argumentation, weak research, or overzealous rhetoric. Not this one. (I did...

The other morning I entered my room to find Blythe nuzzled in my bed “reading” a little Fredrick Beuchner; it must have been the title...