Dear Lord and Protector, watch over my son, As he takes his lickins’ since football has begun. Now that it’s the end of the practice season, I confess I am guilty of football mom treason. On this eve of the first game, I am afraid that I dread, Any playtime at all for my son, [...]
The Cowardly Mom’s Football Prayer
September 5th, 2008 · 15 Comments
My Little Town
August 31st, 2008 · 2 Comments
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. [...]
Tags: Life Observations
My Big Backyard
August 23rd, 2008 · 5 Comments
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, [...]
I Might Steer You Wrong
August 13th, 2008 · 8 Comments
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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He’s Giving Me Direction
July 31st, 2008 · 13 Comments
I had to drive my son to an overnight event that was about 50 miles away yesterday. I Mapquested the directions and my husband lent me his GPS unit so I thought I was pretty safe. Hmm. I decided to take a shortcut and unwittingly threw the Mapquest directions off. No problem, I thought, I [...]
Tags: Kids · Life Observations · Moms
Driving Mr. Lazy
July 18th, 2008 · 3 Comments
Now that the price of gas is so high, my son decided to have friends that live 45 minutes from us. It is my fault really. I wanted him to get involved with this youth group from our diocese. He did and really liked it and now I am paying for it – in many [...]
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July 2nd, 2008 · 11 Comments
I don’t know what the problem is. The kid just can’t find a job and he has been trying so hard. We have been everywhere and he is clean, polite and persistent. He was a bit frustrated, but now is very frustrated as his two friends got summer jobs and didn’t even try. Both friends [...]
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