I have been staring at this blank screen entirely too long. The words don’t come. Not the way that sounds right. Instead it’s all a jumbled mess, like it has been for over the last year and a half. Closer to two years now. I thought I hit my final …
The house phone rang just after 10pm last night, as I was just putting my cell on silent for the night. Since only telemarketers call the house phone for the most part, I knew just what it was. My stomach sank. Al called my name and I told him I …
It has been weeks since my last blog. It feels like a confession to type that. So much has been happening between the Big Guy turning eight, the movie coming out, Christmas, vacation and more … but there is a reason that I have not been able to bring myself to …
Hitting that rut again. I stop by here every day, look around, open up a new post to start writing … but nothing comes. It drives me crazy. I know I have so much to say … but still nothing comes. The week leading up to Thanksgiving it started hitting …
This last week has been so … emotional. I have hated this week of October for more years than I care to count now. While the boys and I always look forward to the feast on the hill and the Columbus Day Parade, it still gets mixed up in the …
The last few days have been hard. Waking up to the news on Thursday that my grandfather had passed the night before was hard to take, even if I did go to bed expecting it. One by one as the boys got up I broke the news to them. I sent the …
Finding it hard to find the good on this Thankful Thursday like I promised. On the way home from the wake last night for my friend’s father, my own father called me. My grandfather was not doing well. Having just picked up the boys from my sister in law, they heard everything I …
I know I have been kind of quiet lately. That will be changing. Four straight weeks of being sick might just be a new record for me and I have been totally wiped out. This entire time I have been trying to get extra rest where I can, while still running …
Columbus Day Weekend is upon us! And I am trying to feel the excitement. Due to the surgery Al has mentioned maybe it’s better just to stay home from the parade this year so I can rest… but to that I said we are going if you have to pull me …
