Annie and I had a spontaneous moment concerning Reggie’s dirty diaper. We teamed up to knock it out. We found ourselves feeling pretty proud of our speed and efficiency. Whenever the opportunity offers itself, we’re pit-crewing from now on. It was a poopy diaper Tonight we: -pulled her pants off -unsnapped her onesie, tugged it up and out of the way -removed the dirty diaper -wiped her bits & butt -put the fresh diaper on -resnapped the onesie -and put…
I follow a Facebook group dedicated to the memories and history of my home town, Elgin IL. One of the highlights of my childhood in Elgin was when my Mom would take me, my brother and sister to the greatest playground in the world. It was the Wing Park Rocket Slide. I have some incredible memories of that place. Now that I look back at it all…oh my Lord! That thing wouldn’t have even been allowed out of the factory…
“Where’s Mommy? Where’s Wee-uh?” “Mommy and Lydia are out grocery shopping. They won’t be back for a while.” “Where’s my dress?” “Your dress is drying on the line downstairs. What do you want to do?” “DVD?” “A DVD? Sure. That actually sounds kind of relaxing. Pick one out, I’ll fire it up.” A few minutes into the movie, “Daddy? Can I lay on your chest? Snuggle?” “Sure Hun, a little snuggle time sounds nice.” (I should have remembered who I…
So, we’re in the final trimester of the school year. The snow has melted, routines are settling. I need to come up with more things to do with Reggie while Lyd’s off at school. How about Children’s Hour at the Library? We get out of the house, there are book readings, then we can borrow a couple of books. Lydia Loved Children’s Hour back in the day, so much so that she cried a little when she realized she wouldn’t…
On this day, eleven years ago, Annie and I pledged our lives to each other. Almost daily the vows play back in my head. My brain tries to spruce that moment up, it tries to change my voice into something that was powerful and confident. The reality is my voice stammered and mumbled. My hands shook. My eyes had a shimmer in them. I was terrified; not of marriage, but of being in front of an audience, of screwing up….