Another Christmas is behind us, and we are still sorting through gift bags and pine needles as decorations start coming down and a new year gets underway. I love so much about the Christmas season, but I usually feel a sense of letdown when it’s over. December is full of so much energy and excitement,…
My right hand has a slight deformity to it. When I was in the 4th grade I was on a softball team practicing for an upcoming tournament. I was a pitcher, but one warm summer evening we were using a pitching machine for batting practice and I stood in at shortstop. One of our best…
Our wedding anniversary is June 18th, which happens to fall just before or very near Father’s Day every year. These two occasions are forever linked in my mind because when we were married, the day following our wedding would be the last Father’s Day I celebrated with my dad. I don’t remember buying him a…
We’ve not been getting much sleep around here lately. The 1st Grader has been sick with sinus congestion and a low-grade fever for a week now. For the past several nights the Spouse and I have taken turns helping her blow her nose and checking on her rapid breathing at different intervals. I’m hoping she…