Month: July 2014
-
That day was not the way we planned it
At our house, nothing ever goes quite as planned. Take the halfway mark visit that the four grandchildren’s parents promised before the quartet came to stay for a month. The mold issues in their home took a lot more time and energy than their mom had anticipated, so instead of her coming, my son planned…
-
A mooving, fun time at Chick-fil-A
Free food? I did a double take at the email. To get it, customers just had to show up at a Chick-fil-A wearing a cow costume or something with a cow theme. Such a quandary. Look silly and save money or keep one’s dignity, stay home and skip the free stuff. Or it would have…
-
Study until it hurts then keep on until it is a joy
The perfect child does not exist, so why is it always a surprise when we discover that our wonderful children have failed? I don’t know, but the day it happened to my daughter she called to ventilate her shock. Her son Eli reported a very low grade on a paper. “The teacher said that most…
-
Traveling is such a drag
The drag factor determines how much we pack for a trip. The older we get, the less drag we want. Take our trip to England last year, for example. The roller on one of the suitcases failed to roll just as we began dragging it from Heathrow airport to the train, up the stairs, to…