Morgan loves to put things, “in” — blocks in boxes, cars in the potato chips, remotes in the trash can. So should I have been surprised that when I went to return a pair of pants a pair of dirty underwear fell out of the bag? Continue reading

“You sick mom?” Turns out, Yes, I was very sick – or to be more correct, my gallbladder was very sick. So, what I thought was a two-week case of stomach flu was the process of passing one or more gallstones. Why me? The doctor said, “You’re lucky.” I had surgery to remove my gallbladder… Continue reading

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Hello – Happy Easter! I know we’ve fallen off the face of the Earth lately, so I thought I’d drop a note to let you know we’re thinking of you. As you can see from the subject line … Tyler is keeping us in stitches! (Story context: We were sitting on the couch and out… Continue reading

I’m sick, so Tyler kissed by forehead to make it all better. He sings me the ABC’s — A B C D (pause pause) H I R A B C and then remembers the middle ELMO (not LMNO) and ends the set with Old MacDonald has a farm … moo moo here and moo moo… Continue reading

Tyler disappeared at JoAnns and reappeared with a white tulip for me. I nearly cried.Morgan charms everyone — all he does is smile and everyone melts. Continue reading

Hello — As I may or may not get my cards out this year, I thought I’d better cover my bases with an email greeting. Hope all is well. Danielle ‘Twas the night before Christmas, when all through the houseEight-month-old Morgan was stirring, making sounds like a mouse (and sometimes a tiger);The stockings were hung… Continue reading

Life with boys … from the archives … This week, I participated in a campuswide community service project, #MaryvilleReachesOut. I joined a group at the Girl Scouts of Eastern Missouri to help prep “subscription” style boxes that included projects to help the girls work on this badge or that … (Awesome service if you ask… Continue reading

Historical source written January 14, 1974, by Ruby M. Frye, Postmaster at Pringle, South Dakota. Peter Zeimet scanned and emailed pages 12–13 to Danielle on March 10, 2007. The transcription below preserves the wording, capitalization, and apparent spelling in the surviving pages rather than silently modernizing or correcting it. HISTORY OF PRINGLE SD 57775 The… Continue reading