How It All Began
July 23, 2007
Filed in: Alaska, Hawaii, Kansas, North Dakota
Close to six years ago, C’s second-grade teacher--a bit of a free spirit (some used the phrase “utter chaos” to describe her classroom, but C and I both loved her creativity)--sent him home with an assignment. Find out something unique about a family member and write about it.
Since he’d...
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Apologies All Round
July 18, 2007
Filed in: The Home Front
You’re going about your business, trying to stay out ahead of things. You’re making sure the bills don’t get swept into the recycling bin, making sure the kids have a vegetable at lunch, making sure you stay away from that one co-worker in the coffee room.
You try to hug your spouse once a day,...
