coming to the table

A little milestone, sure, but a milestone nontheless. Grammy sat at the breakfast table with us this morning, for the first time since her fall (a week and five hours ago, in case you’ve lost count) Okay, “with” us is a stretch, because by the time she made it, the kids were done eating. But […]

Morning people

Scene 1: I’m sitting on the toilet, it’s 5:00 AM. No lights, trying not to disturb anyone who is sleeping. I fart.** The dog comes running in from the other half of the house, acting like she hasn’t seen me in months and OH MY GOD HERE YOU ARE! Scene 2: Sitting at breakfast, and […]

don’t know much about history

I know I joke a lot about feeling old. I’m only forty two (“WHAT DO YOU GET IF YOU MULTIPLY SIX BY NINE?”) but that isn’t the point, really. You’re only as old as you feel, right? It was almost a year ago that I ran my first 5K race. I had just finished the […]