Motherwise Cracks

It’s two days and counting until I will be back to an empty nest. As I sit here on a Friday night at 11:20 PM with my hot date asleep since 9 PM on the easy chair across from me, I contemplate how this exciting pace of life will slow down when my son returns [...]

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I was looking forward to the Christmas holidays as I thought it would be nice to have my son home for five weeks. He’s been home for two days but not really. Gone the first day visiting his girlfriend for the whole day, came back to eat, and now away at his friend’s house overnight. [...]

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I decided to check out my Facebook page and noticed that my niece had some new photos posted. I looked and low and behold, the moldy bread we found in my fridge yesterday was there. This loaf was dated to be eaten before June 23. See what happens when your child goes off to college? [...]

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I was sent on a mission.  My daughter’s computer died and I was to get the system restore disks to her. Following the directions to find them in her things was like being on a Lewis and Clark expedition, but I found the box in her closet. No disks in the box. As I read the [...]

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Sometimes you just can’t make these things up. Like this story in last night’s paper where a man in a cow costume drove nto the river (after some partying). I had to laugh several times as it was just a comedy of errors complete with the video surveillance copy of his drive into the drink accidentally erased. [...]

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So I am learning that some things don’t change. Back in the day, it was providing words of wisdom and encouragement to an eight year old. Now, with the child mostly grown and living away from home, we find the same situation but with the added encumbrance of distance between us. Luckily, in our day [...]

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It’s a strange feeling to fly on September 11. I am not all together comfortable with it, which is why I told my girls that I would get up at 4:30 a.m. and take them to the airport today. It’s like how I attended every one of my son’s games during football season. If something [...]

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Today was party day and the Megastation was fabulous in the pool. The 87 degree day was made to order. All of the kids were home and the cousins arrived so we donned our suits and had a great meal with the two “college kids to be” before they go off. It was pretty typical [...]

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