overheard under the Big Top # 824
Daniel: Where’s Mom? Dad: She’s right behind us. Daniel: She’s taking our picture isn’t she? Dad: Yes she is. What can I say? I love my boys. I love the view. Yes, I love the view of my darling husband...
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Four years ago when I found out that I was going to be a grandmother…four years BEFORE I thought I was ready to be a grandmother and most definitely four years BEFORE I thought my first born was ready...
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Before Daniel completed our family circle, Bill and I used to joke about living in the house that estrogen built. Bill was truly outnumbered but in spite of the obvious jokes he was quite content with...
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My boys have put their heads together and are doing a little bit of research. Because it takes a little bit of planning to compile your list of rollercoasters you want to ride with your dad someday. I...
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Just another day running errands with my favorite 11 year old boy last week including a stop at Target. Yes, it seems that I am there a lot. Perhaps that is why the Target lady is a little too familiar...
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For those who might not know, Daniel, the boy who is turning 12 next week, LOVES cars, trucks, motorcycles, vans…pretty much if it has a motor and wheels and goes he LOVES it. The shelves in his room...
View Articleoverheard under The Big Top #913
Dad, what was the greatest thing that you have ever done? The greatest thing? Yeah, what was the greatest thing you ever done? Adopted you. Yeah? Yeah. Face it, my kids have the best dad ever.Filed...
View Articlegiving thanks
There’s much to be thankful for on this day of Thanksgiving in the US. Last year a moment like this would not have been imagined because, yes, his health was THAT bad. He couldn’t/wouldn’t see it but...
View Articleas always, sticking together
Almost fourteen years ago, I managed to capture an amazing shot of the men in my life and what proved to be one of my most favorite photos of them. A photo of the hand of our son, Daniel Quinn, …...
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It’s the middle of the day and I am supposed to be sleeping right now because I am working tonight. Obviously, I am not. But I am resting in bed with my laptop and a cup of very strong coffee. Going …...
View Articletell me again raising teen boys is so much easier
Because Mommy needed a lot of cheering up tonight because the furnace currently doesn’t work and it’s COLD here under The Big Top and she is mourning the end of what she thought was a wonderful...
View Articlenotre premás revisité
One of the muses of this space, the one my OG readers have watched grow up before their very eyes is TWENTY ONE! I’ve said it so many times before and I will say it once again, every birthday of a …...
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