Year: 2011

Billy was showing me some pictures in his Star Wars coloring book the other day.  He would tell me the names of the people he knows and ask me the names of people he doesn’t know (most of them).  Since the coloring book is from episodes 1-3 and I’m not so much a fan of […]

My name is prone to nicknames.  I should say, my nickname is prone to even more nicknames.  One that has stuck through the years is Cindy-Lou Who (often followed by “who was no more than two” no matter what my age).  Friends and family have used it, not surprisingly, more abundantly at Christmas.   In college, […]

I’m not the favorite.  I don’t think I’m any of the kids’ favorite.  I might be Kevin’s favorite … some days! The boys have not hidden their preference for their dad.  I accept it.  I encourage it.  They see me all the time, but Poppy goes to work all day.  It is an okay thing. […]

This morning I was laying on the floor in the hall.  (Isn’t that what everyone does when they are sick?)  My boys knew that I wasn’t feeling well and were being really good at leaving me alone to rest. When I woke up from a short snooze, there, by my head, was my old Raggedy […]

Early in our marriage, after the college years were through, I questioned why Kevin didn’t read more novels.  I knew he enjoyed reading, but he rarely did so.  He explained that he had a problem…he couldn’t put a book down.  Even as a kid, he thought the story would go on without him so he […]