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At 6PM on a Monday my doorbell rings. I’m not expecting anyone, so I walk warily to the front door. I could just ignore the repeated ringing, but I am waiting for UPS to deliver a package – my wife’s birthday gift. I don’t want to miss that. I open the door to find two … [Read more...]
I grew up in a gentler time when my parents could smack the snot out of me with impunity. Mom even went so far as to say that she liked using a wooden spoon because it “stung really good without leaving a mark”. Most muggings are not thought out so well. She needn’t have worried, … [Read more...]
Everything changed in our house the moment I brought home a twelve-pack of expensive toilet paper to replace the generic facsimile I had been purchasing for years from the large discount chain store down the road. Oh, I knew we’d come a long way from the early days in America … [Read more...]
During long car rides with my kids, we listen to the carefully-curated iPod playlist I created for them back when they were little. As each tune shuffles to the top, my 10-year-old son and his twin 7-year-old sisters vote to "play" or "skip" the song. In addition to a vote, each … [Read more...]
I could see it in their eyes as the steward pushed my wheelchair down the gangplank. Poor thing got drunk and sprained her ankle. Well they got the “sprained” part right. The night before my husband, Tim, and I celebrated our 41st wedding anniversary aboard the SS Disaster, I … [Read more...]