The ending credits of My Cousin Vinny scroll across the tv and I tell my family we got to head home because I had to work in the morning. Our final tradition […]

It’s Tuesday night, just a few days before Thanksgiving. My favorite family holiday all year. I love Christmas, July 4th, and all the other “big” days, but something about Thanksgiving just hits […]

She sits at the kitchen table, legs crossed at her ankles, face covering her wrinkled face, with no clue when she will get the strength to take her next breath.  Her husband paces […]

The line is a bit long at CVS pharmacy. It appears probably longer than it is with us all being 6 feet apart, but none the less the youngest I have a […]

A week or so ago my wife was at a friend’s house and her friend was having a bit of an argument with her husband. She turned to my wife and apologized, and my wife said, “for what, I’m fighting […]

So, been stuck in quarantine for, hmm, how many days? Is it still 2020? Why have a put like 200 miles on my car in 2020? And, what happened to my jeans? […]

Happiness is… -Driving the long way home so you can scream the words to Stay by Lisa Loeb with your 13 year old daughter.  A song we’ve heard maybe 10,000 times now, […]

My Auntie Kathy peeks over her shoulder after saying something dumb to see if I heard her. Of course I did, so I make a snarky comment about her. She’s my favorite […]

I recently started walking in my neighborhood.  The first few times I felt a little like Forrest Gump.   My legs kept moving and I just kept going.  It would get dark or […]

My oldest daughter got her drivers permit on Friday of last week, it was a big day for all of us in our house.  When my youngest got out of cheer practice […]