Where seeds of thought have room to grow
Category: Family
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What's that old saying…."If you fall off a horse, you have to climb right back on or you'll never ride again?" Anyway, it's about facing your fears and today I did just that…I went shopping. The girl needed a few things before heading back to school. Once inside, I couldn't resist the pull of the Kohl's clearance…
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Mike Parker, editor of our local newspaper, was on the scene, snapping away, soon after the Suzuki Samurai had its little adventure a couple of weeks ago (see the background story here.) He sent me copies (as he put it…"ah…memories") but in a form I can't upload to my blog, so this is the blurb with one of…
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Ah, we're such bad "parents"…here we are on the coldest morning since 1996 – it got down in the teens last night – and we had barely a spoonful of seed left for Frankie's breakfast. I gave him a couple of nuggets from Max's canned dog food to tide him over – he loves those!…
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It's a scary thing, watching a surgical team whisk your child's gurney through those double doors, even if it's for a minor, non-emergency operation. A quick kiss on the forehead and Kendall was gone yesterday morning, leaving me with snippets of a recent conversation running through my head: a friend's son almost died following minor surgery this past…
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Was it a basketball or soccer ball? We're not sure. It could have been either. Or both. What we do know is…sometime within the past 5 years or so, Kendall got banged on the nose hard enough to break it. But she has always been so tough, so immune to the bumps and bruises that go with the…
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When you have a stress knot in your neck and to-do lists are popping up all over the house and you're wondering when you're going to have time to do all of them, is it really sane to head off to the movies after work instead of trying to scratch things off? Who cares? Yeah,…
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My parents are sitting at the kitchen table, reading the newspaper, just as they did so many mornings of my childhood. They're discussing the news with Tom, who is keeping one eye on a brisket smoking on the grill just outside the backdoor. Each time he heads in or out to check on it, I get…
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Christmas is different when your kids get older…instead of staying up late wrapping presents on Christmas Eve, you tell them goodnight and hope you wake up early enough to make sure Santa has done his job before they wake up. Even after they're older, you still want to play the game. We shared Mass with…
Long Hollow 