I'm posting content from my archives on Throwback Thursday, so please enjoy this story from 2008, when I was trying to get cable set-up in our new Tennessee apartment as a tornado rolled into the area. I didn’t hear the Cable Guy knocking the first time because I was busy dragging a mattress into … [Read more...] about Cable Guy
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Making My Own Decisions
We signed Scarlette up to play soccer and we took her to practice, just the three of us, on the field. J told her to run with the ball towards the goal and she kicked it repeatedly in the opposite direction. "Towards the goal, Scarlette! Towards the goal!" he encouraged her And she turned, put her … [Read more...] about Making My Own Decisions
Do You Think You Can Handle That?
On Wednesday morning the sun hovered just over the horizon as I sipped the first cup of coffee and pondered the question that had been plaguing me since I awoke. "What in the world was I going to do with Scarlette?" I realize this seems trivial but she had spent the day before basically scaling … [Read more...] about Do You Think You Can Handle That?
The Three Musketeers Of Mischief
Scarlette looked at us during dinner the other night and said "Hey, did you know there are THREE kids in our family?" And we did know that, because Scarlette has invented herself a brother and a sister. The first time I learned this was on the way to her grandparents house. Scarlette: "My brother … [Read more...] about The Three Musketeers Of Mischief
My Front Porch & How I Spend My Fringe Hours
For my birthday this year my dad got me this set of teal rocking chairs that had been made over by a little secondhand store I love to visit. Many of our mornings are spent on the front porch, where I sip coffee and work while Scarlette plays with her blocks or paints. I don't make her wear my sun … [Read more...] about My Front Porch & How I Spend My Fringe Hours
That Time I Killed Scarlette's Foot Dead
Scarlette and I went to the grocery store. She was dressed in her minion pajamas, with a large bandage wrapped around her foot. She showed her bandage to everyone that we passed. "See my new band-aid? It is SO BIG!" she told people. "What happened to your foot?" the lady in the bakery asked … [Read more...] about That Time I Killed Scarlette's Foot Dead
