Life with boys … private edition … down the hall, the boy is chatting with friends via the newly rediscovered game, Minecraft … it is surreal … this is the boy who did not really have a tribe … the same boy who could not tell you the names of the boys in his patrol Continue reading

Life with boys … this one has been writing itself in my head for a week now, and I’ve been afraid to commit it to actual words because I know it will wreck me … But if I don’t, that will destroy me … and I really need some sleep … Last weekend, I learned Continue reading

Life with boys … my feeds have been full of questions about the best dorm room stuff … what kind of computer for this major or that … how many IKEA bags they will need … and now I am seeing all of those choices in place as the images of move-in day start to Continue reading

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Life with boys … kind of … it’s because of the boys I found myself able to almost deal with this one … it happened several years ago, but I can still remember it so clearly … this week, I was reminded of the story and decided it was time to share … In my Continue reading

Life with boys … Here it is our 25th anniversary, and I am feeling a bit nostalgic and wondering how it could be possible that I have been married for half of my life … I find myself thinking about how we managed to get here … about how fortunate we have been to have Continue reading

Life with boys … I run upstairs to grab something from my closet … and the floor is covered with brown feathers … omg how did the cats kill a bird in my closet … wait, I would have heard the cats trying to get a bird up the stairs … I start to yell, Continue reading

Life with boys … was reminded of this little story a few days ago … this took place about five years ago now … and it still feels like yesterday … RANT – As the boys had grown out of our much loved tree-playhouse, I decided to share it with another family and listed it Continue reading

Life with boys … I’m really starting to think about reinstalling the shoe storage in the laundry room … only now the shoes are so much bigger, and I don’t think they will fit … we are in a period of readjustment as we try to parent adult children who no longer respond to the Continue reading

Life with boys … about a month ago, the boys both came home for spring break … we were lucky that the girlfriend generously offered to save us the 12-hour round trip by picking up the boy after class (she is about three hours away) … About 10:30 pm, I hear the motion detector alarm Continue reading