Friday night, Peter and I dragged our tired, frustrated carcasses back into the apartment he keeps in Alabama.  An afternoon of scoping houses had turned futile and we found ourselves in a Mexican standoff.
I’d fallen in love with a gorgeous house full of natural light, sprawling open space and a kitchen to die for.
On a [...]

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Guess what I’m doing right now?
I’m NOT jabbing myself in the eye with a white hot, rusty spoon.
But OH SO close.
Househunting!
Househunting with three children.
And Pete.
Suffice it to say that we aren’t that strong at making decisions.  We can turn any situation into an mental gridlock of epic proportion.
Peter gets a job offer that’s practically covered [...]

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Dear Company-That-Manufactures-Robitussin-with-Codiene,
I truly want to extend my deepest regards and heartfelt thanks for the unexpected joy you’ve brought into my life.
I recently (last night) was on the road for over eight hours driving from Florida to Alabama.  As my daughter has your product prescribed, I planned to give her a dose to knock her butt [...]

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There I am, watching a commercial about the BEST ENERGY DRINK EVER!
In fact, one of the greatest selling points is exactly how little time it takes to ingest.
Marketing geniuses, I say.
After a full sixty seconds of energy drink propoganda, they close it up by announcing that you can purchase this product at all “these fine [...]

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A cough in the middle of the night.
Followed by another.
Then a soft moan of discomfort.
That’s all it takes.
I’m transported to a night over two years ago when I woke up to hear Peyton crying in her sleep.
“I hurt, mommy.”
Those three words foreshadowed pain and sickness and disease.
I didn’t know it at the time.
It would be [...]

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