As of this weekend, Mom's place will be occupied again. This is good and right. It will be good to see lights on again in the evening, and people to-ing and fro-ing. I think it's been helpful for all of us to have a deadline. It's been tempting to put off decisions indefinitely, even small ones. More times… Continue reading Packing Up a Life
Month: August 2014
Rude
I heard a song recently, and it came to mind yesterday as I was dealing with a temper tantrum. I changed it a little bit for my own purposes. To the chorus of "Rude" by Magic!: Why you gotta be so rude? Don't you know I'm human too? Why you gotta be so rude? You know… Continue reading Rude
Just a Wednesday
This morning, I walked into the bathroom and said, "What are you doing? Stop soodling!" Soodling, for those of you who did not grow up in a home heavily influenced by Anabaptist culture and the Pennsylvania Dutch dialect, means messing around with water and making a mess, or something close to dawdling. Probably depending on who you… Continue reading Just a Wednesday
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As Promised
We didn't tell the boys about this until right after supper, because I was afraid they wouldn't eat if they knew. When we did tell them, Levi thought it was a trick.Paul: You guys get to dump a bucket of ice water on Mama's head. Levi: Um, what? Paul: Here, like this. <shows them a… Continue reading As Promised