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 | Aug 25, 2014 | Blog |
Little girl, I have good news and bad news. Bad news: I will never do your laundry again. Not even if you move back home between semesters. Not even if you break both your arms. Now that you are an adult it is time you knew, there is no laundry fairy. It is me. It has...
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by Melanie | Mar 27, 2014 | Blog |
Well, that’s it, then. Miss Teen Wonder is set for college. Papers signed, money sent, room-mate chosen. Finito. Barring a spring semester senior year prank bordering on a felony, its all over but the crying. Actually, that isn’t true. I’ve...
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by Melanie | Mar 4, 2013 | Blog |
In my defense, I didn’t know that snark was a communicable disease. See, our oldest son has been driving Hubby crazy lately, due to his tendency to answer any and all spoken statements with a smart-aleck comeback. Exasperated with the non-stop barrage of...
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by Melanie | Jun 5, 2011 | Blog |
I’m going to admit something here. There have been times that I thought parenthood was pretty darn dull. Don’t get me wrong. I love, love, love my kids. However, there were long, unbroken stretches of time when they were little and I was at home where the...
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