Sharing The Load

My dad was an uber-Christian, and by that I don’t mean he was fire and brimstone and Bible quoting.  I mean he treated people like they were Jesus himself crossing his path.  Often at dinner if one of us was complaining about somebody being an annoying pain in the ass he’d say, “You don’t know … Read more

The Duplicated Mom

If you even seen the movie “Multiplicity” with Michael Keaton and Andi McDowell, then you are familiar with the magic that Doug Kinney discovers for his overworked, stressed self.  A duplicated him.  The ability to make a copy of himself to keep all the balls in the air.  Then another and another. It is one … Read more

What I Learned

I could probably write about Listen To Your Mother for the next year and not run out of things to say.  I think I’ll do the highlight reel next, but first the lessons learned. Last year I had been on my job for all of one month when I found out the HR manager had … Read more

Write On Sister

I took a creative writing class in high school and I have no memory of the “why” part of it.  My guess is that I heard it was an easy class, but it clicked and I loved going into that room.  I would have stayed in there all day if they’d have let me.   I … Read more