I grew up in a small, affluent town in Connecticut. Most of my friends had huge houses and their parents drove BMWs or Mercedes or Jaguars. Some of the kids even drove those kinds of cars. They had pools and tennis courts and horses and they belonged to country clubs and riding clubs and gun […]
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The Night Before Christmas
Twas the night before Christmas and in every room, it looked like a bomb had exploded… KABOOM! Decorations first hung by the chimney with care now destroyed by the children who rambunctiously lived there. The dishes were nestled all snug in the sink, The laundry room full of dirty clothes that did stink. Pots on the stove and a mess on […]
Ohhhhh, Fffffffffffuuuuuuudge.
I put the last present under the tree at 2:30 a.m. I figured I’d take the morning off today, seeing as I only had about 3 hours before Number 5 woke up. But I was wrong. I had one hour. At 3:30 I heard talking, crying and yelling all coming from Number 3, 4, and 5’s room. […]