I should have known what I was getting into when I married him. I was aware of his penchant for rock bands and heavy metal. I knew of his love for playing the air guitar around the house. I had listened to him serenade me with power love ballads. He was a child formed by…
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Her nose knows
My daughter has an innate sense of smell. “Ew, what is that smell?” she demanded when she walked into the kitchen the other day. “It’s sausage stromboli,” I said, proud of myself for making something for dinner that didn’t come out of a box. “It’s going to be so yummy!” “Well, it smells like zebra…
Confessions of a former sports widow
For the first six weeks after we got married, I was blissfully happy. I basked in the newlywed glow. I had a doting new husband. Everything was just peachy. But on week seven, something came along that put the kibosh on all of that. That something? Football. Little could I have known that a little…
And the troops answer back
As you might have surmised from my last post, Colonel Dad is out of town this week. The Colonel doesn’t travel much, but when he does, it always makes me appreciate how good we’ve got it when he’s home. The kids miss him. I miss him. And I also really, really miss speaking in sentences…
You cannot fill a hole this large with mediocrity
My posts are usually lighthearted in nature. But today, my heart is heavy. At approximately 6 am on Saturday, a dear friend left us. It’s left a gaping hole in our hearts, and in the epicenter of our home. This is the place our friend used to reside. The friend, who I’ll call Telly, was…
Take a Cookie Home
