Once or twice a year, my Pretty Bride leaves for several days, and this year’s such trip is this week. Because I had my military drill weekend last weekend, and because we had a party to attend Saturday night before she flew away (and because the Alabama-Florida game was on […]
Maddie turned 5 on July 16 without much pomp. We went to a park near our new home. She wanted Chick-fil-A for dinner. We brought in a cake. The high school aged employees realized what we were doing and gave her balloons and a hot fudge sundae of some sort. […]
Maddie: Will you hang this sweater up for me? It was on the floor. Me: Why do you want it hung up instead? Maddie: Because it’s a very special sweater! Me: Who gave it to you? Maddie: I forgot.
So, my pretty but forgetful, negligent bride failed to address my accidentally sent email today at drop off and pick up as we’d discussed last night (where “discussed” means “I wrote about it on my blog and assumed that’s what she’d do, because she loves me a whole lot”). I […]
A few hours ago, I got an email that included a nice article on how often young children need affectionate touching from their parents. It talked about needing like 12 hugs a day and how rubbing feet can be good for teens. It made me want to give warm affection […]
