9-7-21 Dave Burleigh – 9-8-21 Kermet Apio – 9-9-21 Henny Youngman – 9-10-21 Leighann Lord – 9-13-21 Josh Sneed – 9-14-21 Martha Kelly – 9-15-21 Joe Deuce – 9-16-21 Norm MacDonald – 9-17-21 Gina Brillon...
So often it feels like the same old thing: Wake up, do the chores, drive the places, cook a thing. Over and over – Lather, rinse, repeat. Maybe it’s these middle years; Now past the ones filled with changing diapers and cleaning off finger...
There was an initial heavy thud followed by three or four quick bangs before my college roommate, Katherine, landed at the bottom of our skinny wooden stairs, her long limbs askew. My other roommates and I ran to check on her. The other two quickly...
Tick tock, tickety tock. I recently “celebrated” a birthday…celebrated in quotey fingers because I’ve reached the point in life where birthdays feel kinda meh until your age ends in either a 0 or 5. Thirty-eight and feeling great? If you say...
The last month as a mother has emptied me of myself. It’s been the hardest one I think I have ever had. I am grasping tight to all that I know, but feel like I’m losing everything I’m fighting for right through my finger cracks. My girls’ mental...
Last week, I made a day trip to see my grandmother. It’s six hours of driving. I loathe driving. It is possibly one of my least favorite activities in all of the world. Additionally, my grandmother always wants to go to Wal-Mart when I go to visit...
I gingerly put my Mickey Mouse, the one that came all the way from Disney World, in my Strawberry Shortcake backpack and grabbed my Pac-Man lunchbox. I was very excited because it was the day of my first show and tell. There was no question that I...
I was just lifting my coffee mug to my lips, when suddenly my husband was leaning over to me, phone in hand. His eyes were big, and immediately searching my own. On his screen there was a message from a mutual friend of ours: “School shooting threat...
By 8:00 this morning I could just tell. I could see the look in her eyes every time they darted for a painful second to meet mine. All I had to do was ask her if she was OK, and before I knew it, she broke down crying. As I sat with her on the edge...
8-2-21 Mary Gallagher – 8-3-21 Armando Anto – 8-4-21 Joey Callahan – 8-5-21 Ray Romano – 8-6-21 Shayne Smith – 8-10-21 Matt Bergman – 8-11-21 Nikki Carr – 8-12-21 Lewis Grizzard – 8-13-21 Tommy Drake...