Shot Through the Heart….Photo credit to MiMi, my Mother, who is the owner of the beauteous Valentine’s Day Arrow that Mini Me created…at least I can look at pictures of it since it doesn’t belong to me…..

Shot Through the Heart…

When Mini Me was two or so, I had an epiphany. I was in dire need of adult conversation. Mini Me was in dire need of child conversation....

The God Dammit Cookie

Children really do repeat everything that they hear their parents say: the good, the bad, and everything in between-but you can pretty much bet your ass they are going to repeat any and every single bad thing that comes out of your mouth. When my Mini Me was one and a half, he and I …

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They Just Don’t Teach Grammar Like They Used To

I walked into the kitchen to find Eliza hard at work-at something-I was not sure what. Apparently she had written a paper on her iPad and used her dad’s Bluetooth keyboard to type it. I thought all of today’s devices had spell check, but I was apparently wrong, because when she handed me her printed …

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