Now the hard work begins.  And while it might take him twice as long, with twice the prompting, as it does for his sister, he is not off the hook for writing his own thank you notes. I do have to give him a simple “script” to follow, which he copies, word for word.  He […]

Dear Tad, Today is the day that you have been counting down to for at least three weeks.  It is really your birthday, and you are really ten years old. You have grown in height and size over the last year, and you are all limbs.  You do seem to have control over them, when […]

Thursday is the last day of school.  And it’s not even a full “day” – it’s all of two hours for hugs, yearbook signings, assemblies, slide shows, and then they get back on the bus and are home before lunch. And then purgatory begins. In the middle of other parents posting on Facebook and on […]

Thumper and I left for the airport at the crack of dawn Saturday morning.  Our flight to Salt Lake City was scheduled for 7:10 am, so we left the house at 5 am.  The Webmaster drove us there, while Grandma rested on the couch for adult supervision purposes.  Since this was only an overnight trip, […]