I (Still) Hate Skittles

(Re-posting this story, originally written when the twins had just turned four, because every year I dread the CANDY, CANDY, CANDY of Halloween and, every year, my kids’ joy and excitement help lead me through.) I hate Skittles.  I do not want to, as the...

Burp (verb) syn. bolt, rout, ruck

Burp verb 1. noisily release air from the stomach through the mouth; belch. 2. a noise made by air released from the stomach; a belch. Synonyms: bolt, rout, ruck Earliest known use: 1929 My eight-year-old son has discovered the art of burping.  I don’t know where...

The Day After (#SmallWonder Link-up)

The rain this morning sounds like sleet.  It’s the Monday after Resurrection day.  Plundered Easter baskets spew plastic grass on these old wood floors and the hollow chocolate bunnies have lost their ears and faces.  The oldest boy is sick, again, even...

This is Four (#SmallWonder Link-Up)

Almost to the library’s exit, he stops and leans in the office window.  He’s Dennis the Menace with a buzz cut.  His puffy red winter coat hangs unzipped and flapping, bright blue rain boots peak out from under brown fleecy pants.  Two library...

The School of Love

She has something to tell me and we head upstairs after dinner, leaving the boys in our wake.  Flopping onto my soft, floral bedspread, surrounded by windows and light, she flops too, glowing with bright beauty. “I like ****,” she says, the words escaping like a...
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