Feliz Navidad

If you have never heard Jose Feliciano sing this, I would guess a) you are missing out on a Category V Earworm and/or 2) you don’t live in Texas. Anyway, my son is singing it tonite, in his own special (top of the lungs) way: “I wanna wish you a Merry Christmas, from the bottom […]

Un-stoppable

The baby is on a roll. We’ve been home twenty minutes. She has managed to pour a bottle of water all over the kitchen and living room floor. Then try and clean it up with a dust mop (but only because the 5 y.o. was still in the garage getting his Swiffer ready). Then she […]

Things we shouldn’t have to ever do

Once, a few years ago, I held a tiny, sick boy down while somebody just out of nursing school tried to draw blood for a test. This child was eighteen months old, and basically pre-verbal. I had known him only three days. He had no idea who I was. That same day we had pediatric […]