For the past couple of years I have been whining, none too subtly, about the trials and tribulations of being a mother to a boy teenager. It’s mostly been senseless blubbering about his lack of good decision making, how me is making me crazy, etc. Tonight I encountered a new creature all together in my [...]

Tonight Cassidy and I were walking hand in hand through Lowe’s while I searched for some suitable window coverings for my classroom. I hate Lowe’s, it overwhelms the hell out of me and I avoid if at all possible so to have Cass along for conversation was a good thing. She was pattering on about [...]

About a week ago my Special Man Friend, Doug, came for a visit. This is no small feat considering he lives in the very depths of the Texas desert and to reach my corner of the Rocky Mountains requires some serious determination. Doug came to give me a much needed hug, hang out a bit [...]

Tonight I spent a rare quiet with Loren while he was sitting in his computer chair, an old overstuffed thing left over from the early years of my parents’ marriage that Lo has a strange attachment to, and I was perched on the sagging arm as he clicked through page after page of stuff he [...]

One of my favorite aspects of Devon is his love of The Costume. I use capital letters because since he was about two his attraction to something other than everyday wear has been a devoted one. I first became aware of this in the Halloween aisle of Target, Devon was just a bit over 24 [...]

Last fall I signed Devon up for U6 Soccer, it was not successful in terms of athletic development. In fact, he and I were both so lax in our team ethics that he attended only half or so of the practices and not a single mini game. Instead we would often spend those afternoons either [...]