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I fired WalMart today

The mission was a simple one: flash drive & daughter’s prescription. The store has recently been remodeled, so I expected to have to search.

While I was there, the daughter texted & asked me to get her a flash drive as well. No problem, right?

I wandered the aisles, up and down. Looking [...]

April 27th, 2010 | Tags: , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , | Category: General | Leave a comment

The Editor

This entry is part 2 of 3 in the series Write of Passage

My client sits in front of the computer, tap tap tapping away hoping this time a different turn of the phrase will bring someone, ANYone into his life. He has no friends close enough to take a picture for him, yet realizes that professional photos will be overkill. The blue glare of the screen [...]

December 10th, 2009 | Tags: , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , | Category: General | One comment

Interlude: Humiliations Galore

This entry is part 4 of 10 in the series atypicalrelationship

His parents went to Greensboro for dinner and a hotel room to celebrate a special family occasion.

Which means that we had one of the very few chances for us to have some quiet alone time.

After a full day that involved trying to pull the toilet in my bathroom to unclog it (can’t [...]

April 30th, 2009 | Tags: , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , | Category: General | One comment

My own First Day of School

This happened Thursday – I was too cussed tired last night and hit “save” instead of “publish”

The day dawned gray and dreary. For some psychotic reason, I decided that TODAY would be the day that I pull through the loop and boot the boys out of the van – dropping them off at [...]

August 29th, 2008 | Tags: , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , | Category: General | 3 comments

Just the Kick in the Pants I needed

Monday night, I took advantage of my small-town library. (I’m all about the free events, y’all.) After my mile-long walk of shame at lunchtime, there was no way I was going to jack this up. I checked the library’s webpage, went back and pulled the newspaper article, confirmed that I’d written the correct information [...]

April 16th, 2008 | Tags: , , , , , , , , , , , , , , | Category: General | 2 comments

Being a mom helps me be a better student

Picture, if you will, a child standing in front of a candy shop window, trying to make a choice.

Keep that picture in your mind as you watch an adult – the person in charge of whether or not you pass the class, as a matter of fact…

keep that picture in your mind [...]

November 29th, 2007 | Tags: , , , , , , , | Category: General | One comment