It’s pretty awesome when your sister-in-law is the dorm director, and you walk into your son’s very first dorm room ever, to discover his uncle has lined his desk with potato chips and has filled the fridge with soda. Although I was dubious about the big supply of Mountain Dew, it was really special to know Uncle Mark was thinking… Read More
Finding A New Life When The Old One Changes
“Give me the keys!” he said in a rush. “Why?” I asked. “Caleb left his tassels at home,” he said. This was an hour and a half before graduation, and there was no way we were lettin’ that kid cross the stage without his magna cum laude tassel. (See how I slipped in that bold-faced bragging?) So the rest of… Read More
Worrying about Someone?
This weekend I drove away from my mother and my daughter, and I think there should be a law against that. I drove to Wyoming by myself, to visit my mom, and we had the most wonderful time. She took me to a little place in Lander called The Middle Fork, where I ate the most delicious asparagus quiche. The… Read More
When the Happy Days Seem To Be Behind You
I will beg my tech-smart brother not to mock me here when I say that I finally got the hang of how to upload pictures from CD to my computer. My kids have been all like, Mom, why haven’t you put your pictures on your computer? And I’m all like, Guys. It wasn’t that long ago that I put actual… Read More