Motherwise Cracks

Only in my hometown do we celebrate Labor Day with Goat Chip Bingo and these dancers. I worked the Goat Chip Bingo stand and this was my view of the dancers. The goats looked a bit better (none of them had varicose veins) but they don’t have as much energy. I choose my girlfriend’s husband to be the judge, and he agreed to it. [...]

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Hubs decided to mow the acreage today as it’s nearly the end of summer and he wanted to be sure to be able to say he worked on a tractor this summer. Ex-farm boys have this thing about keeping up appearances. They still want to maintain their membership in the “I can still farm” club, [...]

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This past weekend we went to see Beauty and the Beast (at ArtPark in Lewiston, NY). I had not expected that half of the audience to be under age 10 with many of them decked out in full Belle regalia. They were so cute! The other majority of the audience arrived in busloads from senior centers all across Western New York. They were cute too. We bought the play tickets [...]

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This is the cross that my son got at a work camp about 15 months ago and that he is still wearing. It is huge, very conspicuous and bears a dead gang member’s name on it as a memorial and reminder to pray for homicide victims. It was made by a nun who was murdered [...]

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I maintain that worrying is part of my maternal job and I take it seriously. My daughter has had a stomach ache for about three weeks now. I have offered my advice, my Tums and Pepto, but nothing seems to work. When I mention that perhaps it’s time to see a doctor, she acts like [...]

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