Levi's teacher said he learned all his kindergarten sight words, so she was giving him some first grade words to try. "Hmm." he said, "I don't know this one. I'll have to sound it out. b ... uh ... t ..." <pause> "Miss M, did you give me a SCHOOL-APPROPRIATE word?" He slays me. I… Continue reading But, but, but …
Month: April 2015
Repost if you love Jesus.
Actual text conversation with my husband:Paul: <long ridiculous chain text with problems not only on the grammatical but the theological and philosophical level that I should forward for extra blessings and angels because it's proof I love Jesus, possibly with some very sketchy thing about saving the life of a child or maybe it was… Continue reading Repost if you love Jesus.
Not Us
Paul was in a grocery store the other night with Elias, just to grab a couple of things. He bellied up to the checkout, right behind a guy who was holding forth. Maybe 10 years older than Paul. " ... and yeah," he said. "I have a special hat I wear that says IMMIGRATION. I… Continue reading Not Us
Mad and Sad
Awhile ago, somebody did something that made me really mad. It doesn't matter what. (Seriously, it really doesn't matter and I'd be embarrassed to tell you.) But I was mad, man, for days. Really mad. If you'd have caught me at the right moment, I'd have told you how mad I was, and how wrong this… Continue reading Mad and Sad