Dear Mr. President, You won! Congratulations. Now that you’ve installed yourself in the Oval Office and surrounded yourself with a cabinet that appears to be mined from the nightmares of the liberal left, a few things, if I may. Please don’t speak of the MAJORITY. The fact is, the majority of Americans voted against you. Sure,…
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Strangers in a Strange Land
I used to write about the ups and downs of life abroad. I used to write pithy posts about parenting. I used to write salty observations of marriage and life and love and all the stuff that falls between the cracks like so much cheese doodle dust. Now I seem only to write about events…
More Than Just a Number
I did something the other day we tell our kids not to do: I met a stranger I’d befriended on the internet. The story is one of those bizarre ‘small world’ moments that happen from time to time on the internet, but over the course of the last few months, Valerie and I have been instant message…
If You See Something, Say Something
When my kids were small enough for peek-a-boo, they’d sit, a chubby toddler hand across their eyes. “Can you see me?” they’d squeal, peeking through their fingers. To them, the logic was simple: if they couldn’t see me, surely I couldn’t see them. A year ago, I found myself in a situation with someone waxing lyrical…
Wine and Cheese (Doodles) 