Make Me Proud

My son wanted to quit.  When he was in second grade, he was on the wrestling team. He was (and still is) a lightweight, and he’s wiry and fast and he was surprisingly good.  This is my sensitive soul son, he’s a feeler. And he shocked us all when he was...

Distracted Much?

We just got a kitten. And when I say ‘we’ got a kitten, I really mean ‘I’ got a kitten.  I am the one who will do the lion’s share (no pun intended) of the work to get this kitten acclimated to our house and our family and our other cat.  I will be the one who...
A slug in cozies

A slug in cozies

Almost always, that feeling comes: I wish I hadn’t said yes to going out. There’s that voice that tells me I should be putting on my cozies and sitting like a slug on the couch and watching tv with my spouse.  It whispers that I will have to talk and be social...