It was a frantic and rushed morning. It seemed like everything was working against us in getting Lyd off to her summer classes. Somehow, some way, I got her to school on time. I gave her a kiss, watched her run off to class, shut the van door and wearily climbed back in. I let loose with a heavy sigh before I put the van back in gear. Today was going to be busy, we had company coming in a…
“All right kids! Way to hustle!” I looked up, satisfied to see Lyd hustling and not staring at the sky. It’s just a pre-game practice. Time to take it easy for a few minutes, now where in this bag did I put my Kindle? I looked over at one of Lyd’s teammates’ Moms. She brought her laptop. Smart! I could be writing right now! Ugh. Actually no. It’s just enough day light out here where I’d be struggling to read…
My Funny Girl You drive me nuts. Do you know that? Several times a day, I’ve come so close to putting my head through drywall because of you. And then I hear your husky, toddler voice say, “Hey. Don’t worry dude. I got this.” That’s when I half-snort, half laugh Yes you got it, don’t you? I can’t stay angry. Always Looking Forward. Now that I’ve gotten to know you, I know why you were born three weeks early. You…
It was a long day at work. I had tougher days physically. But this one was just nonstop and unrelenting. The commute Home was difficult as well. There was an incident on the road, traffic was bumper to bumper and crawling. I came home tired, a little grumpy, and hungry. Removing my work boots was a notably pleasant part of my day. I collapsed on the couch, stretched out and closed my eyes. A minute or two later I felt…
Rare is the evening where my brain’s eloquence matches my tongue’s eloquence. I just had one of those evenings. My youngest, Reggie, is…how do I put it? She’s a strong-willed child, a spirited child. Who am I kidding? She can be a major jackass at times. She’s also a sweetie! But she has a natural talent for pushing buttons and she exploits this talent often. My oldest, Lyd is for the most part a much better behaved kid. She’s more…
This would be my point of view of my youngest one standing on my chest. Enjoy this little bit of abuse Dad…it won’t be much longer before she’ll be too big to do this.
Today, I washed, dressed and dropped off Lyd for her final day as a Kindergartner. With the exception of my visiting Sister-In-Law expediting, it was not an abnormal morning, it was the everyday chaos, remind Lyd to keep eating her breakfast, braid her hair, make sure her backpack is packed and ready. Before I knew it, I was dropping Lydia off at her Primary School for the final time. It began sinking in right about then. Every day my little…
Over the previous year, he had aged drastically. Breathing was a struggle, moving was a struggle. Bodily functions were beginning to fail. He had become feeble. He was dying. A nurse came in to check his IV, she was tired, it was a long shift, the filter between her brain and mouth was beginning to break down. “Hmm” she said, “You have skinny arms!” Something woke up within him, his jaw tightened, “Yeah?” he replied, “Well you have a fat…
I have something to confess, I’m just going to come out with it here and now. I had a girlfriend the first four years of our marriage. My wife, Annie knows all about it. We’ve had some discussions about it. My girlfriend left right about the time our first one was born. Here’s the story, I hope this answers all questions. She went through a few changes before leaving me, it was a sad parting, but realistically, I didn’t have…
As you may know, Annie & I have been timing ourselves for diaper changes. The requirements: -Poopy diaper -Pull off pants -Undo onesie -Remove dirty diaper -Wipe -Fresh diaper on -Re-snap the Onesie -Pants back on Our first attempt was 90 seconds. Today we had our second attempt, and it was 91 seconds. But that’s not the end! There was more than a simple diaper change this time. We had diaper failure, that’s right folks! We had a breach! The…