In a LiveJournal entry dated August 21, 2001, I made a list titled “What I Want.” (LiveJournal was the premier blogging website, back before blogging had a name.) I was living in Rutland, Vermont, at the time. Among bullet points like “Making art,” “A cell phone...
“Dude, I need help!” Cory shouted through the haze. I sat up in bed with one eye still squeezed shut, making my signature morning face. An adult deer tick was stuck in his groin. Little jerk. (The tick, not Cory.) I hate ticks with a fiery passion....
I had the best laid plans. I bought Henry a new lunch box. Well, new to us; a used Planetbox with custom magnets with all his favorite things; tornadoes, a fire alarm, our Chrysler Town & Country and a family portrait. Unknowingly, Cory's parents also bought...
I thought that my oldest son Henry turning five would have hit me harder. But the busy tasks of putting on a birthday party kept me occupied and it passed without any major meltdowns on my part. And I thought that him starting Kindergarten would...
Henry's in T-ball and we are experiencing Glens Falls Little League for the first time ever. I've lived in this city for something like ten years now and I had no idea that this big underground party was going on without us. Did you know that all...
Today, as has been my tradition for the entirety of Henry's life, I made handprint ornaments with Dolores Thomson of Clay Concepts. We give them to the aunts, uncles, grandparents and great-grandparents every year for Christmas. Danny hands now, too. At this point, they get the gift...
World Awareness Children's Museum knocked it out of the park with their Magical Woodland Tea Party yesterday. Fairy decorations greeted you from the roadside all the way in, even to the bathroom. Titania herself (Elizabeth Little Hogan, who co-chaired the event with Sue Knapp) greeted the...