Every year I have the boys give me a Christmas list and this year, after the car door slamming incident, I’m guessing that Drew will have an iTouch on his. It’s hard to imagine that it is already December, and the hustle and bustle of holiday preparations is upon us. (more…)
Sean’s right. We were told during a premarital meeting with the priest who married us that “every family is dysfunctional.” I remember thinking at the time, “I wonder what our dysfunction will look like?” Nearly eighteen years later, I have a vivid picture. Don’t get me wrong, Sean and I function quite well together. We have three great kids (two teenagers and a two year old), a home that is mostly clean (you’ll hear about the “mostly” part in a later post), and a marriage that is still intact and pretty strong (but is wildly active with bickering and conflict). We pay our bills, enjoy our friends, and partake in the regular activities that all parents/couples do, but a Norman Rockwell painting we are not. Well, if we were, it would be a new kind of “Norman Rockwell” painting. (more…)
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