1) Auto insurance 2) My cell phone 3) My daughter
Gratitude 24 March 2012
1) My Daddy, and his (ongoing) recovery from surgery. 2) Everything I learned about music from J.D. Mardis and all the other teachers over the years. 3) Easy access to a pool.
Happy Birthday, Daddy & Matt!
I spent most of today with my family at my parents’ house. It was a wonderful visit! I got to meet my youngest nephew, Eli, for the first time. I was ill every time my brother and his brood came…
Who do you trust with your children?
I keep seeing news stories about kids dying in daycare or at the hands of other people to whom their parents have entrusted them, and every time there is so much shock and rage as if people can’t believe it’s…
Question of the Day: Put it all together, it spells Mother
From LiveJournal’s “Writer’s Block” prompt: What’s the most important lesson your mom taught you? You can’t believe the words, only the actions. No, I don’t ever recall her saying it. It’s something I had to learn the hard way.
Why I’m Thankful for Caller ID
Leaf I’m not avoiding my mother, but I get tense when I see her on my caller ID lately. We tend to stay in touch by email more than by phone, and if she calls it usually means that there’s…
Needy Cat
That’s an old photo of Katie and Kioshi. I’m not the family photographer. She is, followed by Sam. But there’s a photo, and this post really needs one.
Fall Cleaning
It has to be fall cleaning because it’s September, right? I haven’t done spring cleaning at any time since we’ve lived in this house, honestly. I haven’t been able to do it. But between a new pain specialist who isn’t…
General Update
It has been some time since I posted much here, so I figure that I should do a bit of an update. It isn’t as if anything has changed in any big way. Sam has the same nice and stable…
Maybe It Isn’t the Flu
Katie seems to be feeling a bit better. She slept through most of the day, and just got up a few minutes ago (right at the end of my and Sam’s date) feeling like she could eat something. Solid food,…