This is my first assignment from my personal essay class. Theme was food. Blogging is a whole lot easier. This was a ball buster. ...

Today the mobile vet made a return visit to our home. They were due to come at 1030 AM so I set an alarm on my phone so I could whisk the...

Over this three-day weekend, I'd realized the oil in my car was due for a change and had a coupon burning a hole in my inbox. A...

When I returned home from work on Monday, I was greeted by a strange, chemical smell.  Full disclosure: The Smith residence has a...

My mom has biases about living in most states. She’s cool with Illinois, so long as one can hop on a train and be whisked into the city...

On September 11, 2017, I posted this on Andrea’s Facebook page. In May of this year, while Andrea was in Virginia for work, she called...

I’ve been quiet here - always a signal to my mom that something is going on with me. Only, I just spent time with her which means she is...

I have a confession to make...I’m fairly certain we haven’t folded laundry at home for months.  Definitely not since the pool has been...

I’m traveling to Illinois later this week to see my mom. Time has slipped through my hands, adding up to quite a while since I’ve last...

After I wrote my post on Saturday, I learned that September is National Recovery month - which is designed to raise awareness and...

I woke up from a hard sleep this morning – I’d been submerged in deep dreams and it was hard to shake off sleep and slide out of the warm...

Sunday was the kind of day that resets your soul. I’ve been trying to dial into this for a while, but it’s been elusive. Andrea and I...

"I dreamt I fed a donkey an apple core.” Andrea announced upon waking this morning. Later, after I had coffee, I look up the dream...

Today I ate a pumpkin flavored something. Which really felt like another betrayal of summer, the fantasy football draft being among them....

Today I FINALLY remembered to schlep the bag of expensive canned food we’d purchased for Elliot to the donation bin at Petco. There were...

This morning, I awoke to a conversation where Andrea was describing her identifying marks. “In case I ever go missing - I have this mark...

This post begins with a story that is probably PG-13. And? “You own everything that happened to you. Tell your stories. If people wanted...

At work, some teammates and I have held team building events for newly formed teams. This is fun for all the geeky reasons an HR person...

“There was another shooting last night.” Andrea says as I open my eyes. “What? Where?” I ask. “Ohio. At a bar.” We’d gone to sleep...

Somehow, two weeks without Elliot have passed by. Everyone, including our cat Lola is doing better. At first, Lola would sit on the...