What Life Is Really Like for the Average America Family

The Worst Had Happened

“When you stand, I don’t want you to put more than 50% of your weight on your left leg.” George, my way-too-cute, way-too-young, physical therapist said as he bent down,…Read more

The Night of the Boiled Okra Horror

Growing up, I avoided inviting friends home for dinner. Too embarrassing. But, that did not stop my mother. She would push, “Honey, why don’t you have your little friend join us for dinner?” She’d say it in front of them. And I’d die… because I knew how dinner would go. Because it always went the same. She’d serve steak, baked potatoes and a vegetable. And, the conversation… no matter how it went, always bit me in the ass. … Read more

* Post Divorce Dating *
My First Attempt
With The Oh So Sexy Vet
Written By Me!

“May I stay in the room?” Mia, my 11-year-old daughter, asked the oh- so- handsome Veterinarian who examined our dog, Coco. “You don’t have a problem with blood or anything……Read more

Bathtime: Bubbles And Blarney
Written By Me

“Gramma, what’s that yellow stuff in the water?” Billy asked.

I lowered my IPad and surveyed the tub. I saw a mountain of bubbles, my grandson and… nothing unusual.

“What yellow stuff?”

“That’s Child Abuse”

I sat by the front window, as the cool October breeze wafted, my nose buried in The Hound of the Baskerville’s for “the game was afoot.” I was so absorbed in the chase I jumped when the school bus’s brakes squealed and the sky burst loose with an explosion of children’s laughter.

It couldn’t be. I glanced at the clock. Crap. It was. School was out.
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