Contrary Contronyms
When I was growing up, one of my favorite fictional characters was a ditzy maid with a genuine knack for baking named Amelia Bedelia. She...
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- Sep 27, 2021
A little help
As I was sitting on the sidelines of one of my sons’ soccer games recently, I heard a familiar question, “A little help?” It was part...
- Jun 7, 2021
Framily
A couple of years after our youngest son joined our family, I took Ezra to a birthday party for a school classmate. When the party was...
- Feb 22, 2021
Hold my ladder
As a homeowner, there are plenty of jobs most of us just don’t enjoy doing: weed-eating, grout-cleaning, baseboard-dusting, etc....
- Oct 26, 2020
Looking for my enemy
I was in Atlanta last weekend with my older son to watch him play a couple of soccer games. Not being a sporty person myself, I have had...
- Oct 19, 2020
Disagree to Disagree
I don’t get to read as much purely entertaining fiction as I’d like. They’re like dessert for me, so I don’t ingest them as much as the...
- Aug 3, 2020
Rivals
Like many sports-loving, competitive 9-year olds, my son Ezra loves to talk about rivals. While watching a football or basketball or...
- Mar 23, 2020
Tag team
When my twin daughters were newborns, they kept me moving. Seeing as how they were helpless in every way, there was always something to...
- Dec 9, 2019
Potluck
One of life’s greatest joys is a good old fashioned potluck supper. I have vivid memories of these meals in the various churches my...
- Jul 8, 2019
Volunteer tomato plants
I aspire to have a magnificent garden someday. In my imagination, I grow heirloom tomatoes, delicate lettuces and beans with cranberry...
- Apr 15, 2019
Bearing with one another
Last week I was honored to speak at a Mother/Daughter Tea at a church in town. It was a lovely event with tea and coffee and cupcakes and...
- Dec 28, 2018
A Golden Afternoon
For the first 6 ½ years of our marriage, my husband and I lived in Memphis. The majority of that time was spent in a modest, brick house...
- Oct 9, 2018
Biker wave
While vacationing in Florida and visiting a couple of amusement parks during Fall Break, I came to a realization: We parents need our own...
- Sep 25, 2018
Sudoku
In a house with 4 kids who go to 3 different schools, weekday mornings can be hectic. Breakfast must be eaten. Backpacks must be packed....
- Apr 22, 2018
My favorite teens
For as long as I can remember, I knew I wanted to be a mom, partly because I always enjoyed being around younger kids. I transitioned...
- Oct 23, 2017
No Fair!
This morning my 6-year old Ezra woke up on the grumpy side of the bottom bunk. In his defense, it was a dark, rainy Monday, and none of...
- Sep 12, 2017
I Pledge
One of the first lengthy English paragraphs that our African-born son (sort of) memorized was the Pledge of Allegiance. All last...
- Jun 19, 2017
Sad
There are times when this thought runs through my mind: “I am killing it at this Mom Thing.” I make healthy meals. I sign up for PTO...
- May 1, 2017
Directions to connect
I’m not sure if I have a superpower, but I’m pretty certain among my superflaws—like Kryptonite to Superman—would be my abysmal lack of...
- Jan 23, 2017
Mind Reader
When my sisters and I would come from school in the afternoons, we liked to do what a lot of kids in the 1980’s did: we watched reruns on...
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