SAM (the boys’ good friend): Guess what? I have a picture of my new baby sister! (frantically waving a 3-D in-color sono of the new...

I have been followed by the lingering smell of urine all day today. It seems that no matter where I traverse within my home or...

“[Mom] also drove my sisters and myself crazy by folding the most personal moments of our childhood lives into her talks as further illustrations of...

I’m going to reengage and confess that I’ve been a b*tch this last week. We all have — well, carried some form of the attitude anyway. Or...

My mom, with a $15 garage sale purchase, single-handily won Liam’s heart, again: a bike this time, not spider-man shoes. He’s been riding the pedal-less...

The boys, like most young children, starve for new information. So, where do they go for bedtime stories? The encyclopedia, naturally. Well, the other night...

As I mentioned in the post before, Liam has a little stomach bug right now, so he stayed home from school to rest. Liam: (entering...

Being at least two feet smaller than most people around you must leave you with a sense of being unseen, and therefore unheard.  That’s my only...

We’re late to be somewhere, anywhere. You approach me and ask, “Mom, will you put on my shoes?” I bend down, wrestling to force your...

So this last week I’ve been cleaning out the kids rooms of toys, books, and needless junk to make room for more toys, books, and...