by Melanie | Jun 14, 2017 | Blog |
Today did not start out well. My 8th grade son burst into my bedroom, looking for a ride to school. This was cataclysmic for a number of reasons: first off, I hadn’t had any coffee. Not a drop. I hadn’t even managed to stumble to the coffee maker. I had...
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by Melanie | Apr 19, 2017 | Blog |
Lordy, lordy, I’ve been off kilter for days. You see, last week, and for no good reason, I decided to move our furniture. You are maybe thinking that it isn’t really a big deal, but you would be wrong. Nineteen years ago we moved into our house. I looked around....
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by Melanie | Mar 23, 2017 | Blog |
Our second child is graduating this year. Not only that, but all of our kids are now teenagers. Occasionally a random child will catch me standing in the doorway of their room, a distant look in my eyes, and ask me what I’m doing. “Oh, nothing.” I...
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by Melanie | Mar 1, 2017 | Blog |
Congress has been in recess, and for the past several days, my Facebook feed has been swamped with articles about Republicans’ complete bafflement as to their raucous town hall meetings. Honestly, do none of them have children? Specifically teenagers? I have...
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by Melanie | Jan 12, 2017 | Blog |
A few weekends ago, I took a good look around and realized that I was terribly behind. It happens when you check out for a a couple weeks and spend all your non-work hours lying face down on the couch, contemplating an apocalyptic future, and perfecting your heavy...
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