On Being a Not-So-Bad Wife

My Awesome Husband Rich, Most of our Kids, Some of our Grandkids, One Brother-in-Law. April, 2011 Could Be Worse…. You know how sometimes a family just rolls along on autopilot, free from major life events, unexpected calamities, and nonstop excitement? Yeah. Me neither.   This year is proving to be as eventful as any other. […]


On Being a Not-So-Bad Wife

My Awesome Husband Rich, Most of our Kids, Some of our Grandkids, One Brother-in-Law. April, 2011 Could Be Worse…. You know how sometimes a family just rolls along on autopilot, free from major life events, unexpected calamities, and nonstop excitement? Yeah. Me neither.   This year is proving to be as eventful as any other. […]


On Being a Not-So-Bad Wife

My Awesome Husband Rich, Most of our Kids, Some of our Grandkids, One Brother-in-Law. April, 2011 Could Be Worse…. You know how sometimes a family just rolls along on autopilot, free from major life events, unexpected calamities, and nonstop excitement? Yeah. Me neither.   This year is proving to be as eventful as any other. […]


A Daughter Named Rebecca

Weddings, Vests, and Love The email exchange between my bonus daughter Rebecca and me started innocently enough: We’d ordered her father’s tuxedo for the big day and it seemed the order wasn’t for the vest and tie that Rebecca had described to us. So I was trying to clarify what color those accessories should be. […]


A Daughter Named Rebecca

Weddings, Vests, and Love The email exchange between my bonus daughter Rebecca and me started innocently enough: We’d ordered her father’s tuxedo for the big day and it seemed the order wasn’t for the vest and tie that Rebecca had described to us. So I was trying to clarify what color those accessories should be. […]