I walked in on my mom in her room crying one night after dinner. I was only eight year old but I was old enough to know I didn’t like seeing her cry. I quickly shut the door and went to ask my dad what was wrong. He told me she was upset because she [...]
I got an e-mail this morning from my sister that simply said; “I’m sorry.”
I wrote her back to ask her what she was sorry for.
“That its passed your due date and you’re still pregnant.”
Had to e-mail her back and give her the whole “it’s an ESTIMATED due date, so it’s not like I was expecting [...]
At the start of every month my mom would hang up a chore calendar for us kids inside the door of the pantry. There was never a month in my entire childhood where my mom forgot to make the calendar or even hang it up late. Every month, without fail, more chores.
The reality was that [...]
For most of my growing up years I spent the summer camping with my family. My dad is a school teacher, so he had every summer off of work which just gave us more chances to camp.
Most everyone has a different definition of camping. Here is the definition my family had of camping:
Sleeping [...]
An idea for a blog post came to me in a dream a few nights ago. While I was in my dream I told myself to remember the topic for later.
The topic?
Telling everyone how boy crazy I am.
Apparently I was 14 in my dream. (No really, I was 14 in my dream.) And back then [...]
As a teenager every Easter weekend was spent camping at Zion National Park. My family had a favorite camp ground and a favorite camp spot (near the water, under the shade, close enough to walk to the bathrooms/showers). Yep, that’s how we camped; toilets and showers were a must. (It must be noted [...]