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Posts from ‘May, 2008’

TGIF? That guy doesn't have MY Fridays

This morning was beyond hard, so far beyond sad it isn’t even worth saying anymore. Kaylie’s service was brief and touching, the grief of her family piercing and that tiny white casket a tragedy. At her side was a sea of beautiful flower arrangements, tributes to the love so many felt for her. Some of [...]

The reason I smile!

Back to school

Peyton’s classmates met her at the door this morning with big smiles and applause…she returned their open affection by frowning and pushing past them to hang up her backpack. She’s a charmer, that one. It was hard for her to get back into the groove of going back to school, she would have been perfectly [...]

What 10 hours of sleep can do

I passed out last night….a complete, face-down, loss of consciousness. I vaguely remember Nathaniel coming in to tell me he was done with his homework and heading to bed, and I know Rachael was already asleep, but after that it was all dark and sleepy. After Rachael’s music performance at school we went for a [...]

The Mac is Back!

I was promised that the computer would be ready by 5:00 PM Sunday, so I figured that by Monday we would be good to go on the “being ready”. My mistake! I got to the Apple store and the poor tech guy came out with his best customer service smile on and gave me the [...]