Sundays

6/1/2025 We do the best we can and let the chips fall where they will. Sundays come only once a week, just like Mondays, Tuesdays, and Wednesdays. Yet they're special because they are different from the other days of the week that were made for work. We long for a break from scratching and clawing to build a barrier fit to keep the wolves that howl outside the door at bay. There is a never…
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Meet Junior

5/31/2024 Perhaps the thing that Junior reminds me most significantly about myself is of being chosen... We've added another little guy to the fold. He's cute, noisy, and is a lot of work. But so far, he is worth it. Though Junior and I don't look alike (no matter what you may hear to the contrary), it's pretty uncanny how much I see myself in this little guy. For starters, we both like to be…
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Fits and Starts

5/30/2025 Sometimes I'm extremely productive and other times I really struggle to make any progress at all. I have no real idea how common this is with people. But I have been aware of it in my story for a while now. Maybe I have been describing myself that way to a few others for a year. But as I think back, I've been this way for as long as I can remember. I can't…
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