When you troll the dollar stores for years in search of paper plates and straws and cat toys and party favors and completely inedible foods, you never even walk down the toy aisle. Except when you are looking for your nephews and then you think LET'S JUST KEEP LIKING LIGHT UP STICKS FOREVER, can we …
Donna Day 2015: Baby You’re a Firework
Today is Donna Day. This year is the 4th year I've written about sweet Donna and her mama. My previous posts are here and here. I really loved those posts. I love them as much today as I did when I wrote them. But it feels like we keep repeating ourselves. Let's work to stop that. The first …
Reeks of Compassion
You never know who you will find inside the disguise. The protection. The armor. Just look in her eyes. Just smell his breath. Just try to imagine combing her course twisted hair. Just think what his skin looks like underneath that layer of grime. He can't remember the last time he went to the dentist …
Too Sober For This 