Every day there is a girl sitting on the big rock at the end of the road. She waits for one of her siblings to get off the bus. I think she’s high school aged. The first time I saw her sitting there I waved at her as I turned down the road. The girl
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Storm
Number 7 has been asking for a dog for a long time. For like three or four years. She REALLY wants a dog. As evidenced by her 2019 Christmas List. For every birthday and every Christmas Number 7 asked for a dog. Back in 2017 when she started asking, I told her it wasn’t gonna
The Puzzles
I love puzzles. I didn’t really discover this until about five months ago. A little background first… Before I got divorced when I was still living in the old house, one of the things I really wanted was a puzzle table. It was right when the pandemic hit and in the middle of my divorce
It’s What We Did For Each Other
I don’t know about you guys, but this was a pretty challenging summer for me, and it followed and extremely challenging 18 months. Getting divorced in the middle of a pandemic while homeschooling two of the kids and moving to a new house was, um… Well it fucking sucked. One of the things keeping me
I’m Worth It.
I used to hate the process of taking a shower. I only looked at it as a waste of really valuable time. Time I could spend doing other stuff. I don’t feel this way anymore. And the only reason why is because I’ve totally changed my thinking around taking a shower. Because you know what?
The Experience Jar
The last blog post I wrote was on July 13th. It was also the only blog post I wrote in July. That’s a new LBPWIAM record for me. Least Blog Posts Written In A Month. I seriously underestimated the degree to which July was going to kick my ass. IT SERIOUSLY KICKED MY ASS. July