People often say some sort of, "I can't imagine you like that" comment to me when they learn about my past. When they learn that I was a down and out, mean, hurt, terrified, awful drunk. And even after I wasn't, I was bitter and hard-hearted for a period of time. I think that time …
I Saw This Family at the Dollar Store
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 …
May Bedtime Come Sweetly
They are once so small, so very small, that the rock n' plays and swings seem to cover it all. And then the Bassinet. Rebuffed at every turn it met. Moved onto our pack n' plays, no fancy cribs for us. They huffed and they puffed and eventually settled in with little fuss. Good Morning, …
Too Sober For This 