In our house Joe is the Best Finder. In his absence, I’ve had to step up to the plate and find the dreaded lost things. Around the house, I am mediocre at this role but I go forward fearlessly. However when I drive I miss my Best Finder like a phantom limb. And when I…
Rumson, New Jersey to Amesbury, Massachusetts was our longest drive. 5 hours and 45 minutes without traffic. And I expected traffic since we’d have to skirt the likes of New York City, Hartford and Boston. I promised an hour at the park before heading north. It was an hour of baseball without any injuries thankfully….
It has been just us today. The four of us and some long hours in traffic. I yelled at them for laughing while driving 10mph on a toll road. For laughing! The nerve! Tomorrow promises more of the same with some baseball before dawn and before we pile into the car for the sobering drive…
My brother Tommy has a baby Tommy. Baby Tommy turned one with friends and family galore. We drank. We played.We ate cake.We shoved cake. And we all lived happily ever after.
Like lemonade and iced tea, like hot butter and oil, boys and fences go together. Please note the bruises around Eli’s eye. One was from falling out of bed. The other was from colliding with another boy head. In public I want to assure everyone that it wasn’t me. I didn’t do it! But no…
A year ago this month, we left Virginia for North Carolina. Yesterday we drove by our old house in Virginia since we were staying with friends in the same neighborhood. Eli recognized it immediately but couldn’t believe his eyes. After all this time, it still stands! Henry did not recognize it. As we pulled away…
The Novario cousins had a hello again and good-bye for who knows how long kind of date with the Garcias. Believe you me, I will land on their doorstep in S. Korea and eat until I drop. It hurts so gosh darn good.
We did it, by golly. The broken air conditioner at the house nagged at me. Strapping my Andrea with our dog, Maltsby, nagged at me. A credit card bill nagged at me. Despite this and that, we packed and got on our merry way. It felt just about right.Our first stop gave us a chance…
We head off into the sunset in the morning. I might vomit I’m so anxious. Yet it beats staying home and crying in our soup. Maltsby is with Andrea where the snacks are better and bedtime is later. The garbage is curbside a day early. The dishes are clean and put away. Eli lost a…
Today there were tears with rain but mostly tears. As I unsuccessfully tried to console a weepy Henry, Josie dumped the cheese into the still boiling mac. My alarm alarmed Josie which led her to cry. And Eli, upset about the fate of the mac and cheese, brought his tears to the table. We leave…
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