Breaking the Break

Hey, so. I’ve been absent for awhile, huh?

And it would be great if I had a grand story to tell when I came back, wouldn’t it?

Let’s see…

hmmm…

I’ve got nothing.

Except Abby thinks she’s a dinosaur. She was stomping back and forth through our front yard, my shy little girl.… [Read more]

The Horrors

Nothing but horror stories begin in the bathroom.

This one is no exception.

It didn’t seem like it would end up that way. There was no way to tell. The day was beautiful, an ocean blue sky overhead. Who would have ever thought such a turn of events was about to occur.… [Read more]

Because He Told Me To

I’m writing this because I was told to.

“I thought of something”, Jedi said to me with a smile. “Do you want to hear it?”

“Sure.”

“Do you know what those little pieces of fire are?”, he asked, touching his fingers together to illustrate how small he meant.

“You mean embers?”, I offered, unaware that his question was probably meant more as a rhetorical direction in conversation.… [Read more]

Off Schedule

There’s a certain time that Buzz comes home every day from school. I could write it on the calendar, it’s been so accurate. It doesn’t take long, about 7 minutes, to get from there to here. We’ve both come to rely on this. I stand at the door and wait for him, like clockwork.… [Read more]

Chalk it up to Spring

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