"Not all those who wander are lost." – J. R. R. Tolkien
Hard to believe that it's been almost 4 years since I've posted this. I'm happy to say that the boys are good friends, but we still have the competition and brawls at every turn. I expect that they'll still be putting each other in headlocks and tripping each other with their canes when they're in... Continue Reading →
As I mentioned here recently, Savannah has entered that wonderful stage of her childhood/adolescence where everything that I say, do, or even think is either an evil plot to ruin her life or a giant embarrassment the likes of which she may never recover from. I'm trying - Oh how I am trying! - to... Continue Reading →
Flashback Friday time again... I still haven't lived this one down! ---- "And Now I'm Off to the Funny Farm..." Well, folks, it's official. Tom and the kids will soon start looking at nice homes for me to live in where the rooms are all padded and they play nothing but soft, soothing canned muzak.... Continue Reading →
"Mother Nature is providential. She gives us twelve years to develop a love for our children before turning them into teenagers." ~William Galvin Savannah turns 13 in a little over a month, but she may as well be 16 already with her emotions running the gamut from giddiness, to anger, to sadness, all in a... Continue Reading →
living life on the back roads 