“Home again, home again,” Becky sang as she pulled into the garage. She got out and opened the passenger door to help Jamie down. “How are you feeling, Baby Bear?”
Jamie sighed. “Pr...
2023-03-18 14:48:32 +0000 UTC View PostI wrote a script for a POV video that just may get recorded by a certain professional mommy in the near future 😋
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(Sound of a door closing)
Is that you? Come in the ...
2023-03-18 14:09:25 +0000 UTC View PostChristmas is more fun that all the times which aren’t Christmas. Holiday stress is a thing, but so are holiday cookies. The universe balances, and Christmas wins.
I was explaining this to M...
2023-03-18 14:05:48 +0000 UTC View Post"Mary," I asked, "do you think Santa is gonna bring me stuff tomorrow?"
"Of course Santa is going to bring you stuff. Why would you even ask?"
"Because I've been naughty. I'm on lists a...
2023-03-15 18:36:47 +0000 UTC View PostElla was suspicious when Stacy picked her up off the floor out of the blue. It wasn’t dinner time. It wasn’t movie time, when they often snuggled on the couch together. It wasn’t nap time, ei...
2023-03-12 15:13:12 +0000 UTC View Post“Eat a bag of furnig moferin azzlestangerang and put it right up you qweringergun canal! I hope you get a mouth full of jaggerkuneriin lackspazzo fuuner mogger rurgin and choke on it! You mother ...
2023-03-12 15:05:13 +0000 UTC View PostBecky chose not to go. Manda had offered, and Becky turned her down. She wanted to give Jamie and her this time alone. She’d already sat under the stars with Manda, and she wanted it to be just a...
2023-03-08 00:45:47 +0000 UTC View PostSplish-splash I was takin’ a bath cuz that’s now part of our holiday traditions. Me in the tub, bottle of sparkling wine, pink bubble bath, getting ready to roar across the house at whoever was...
2023-03-04 15:28:15 +0000 UTC View PostDear Mr. and Mrs. Dimakos,
This is a letter I never thought I’d write. I’ll apologize first as I know this letter will hurt. I hope, though, you’ll find some comfort in it ...
2023-03-01 13:47:26 +0000 UTC View PostI had a question, so I asked Mary. She knows things. I mean, I know more things, but I don’t know all the things. When in doubt, I ask Mary. So I says to Mary, “Mary,” I says, “are we being...
2023-02-28 13:33:16 +0000 UTC View PostTinga-linga-ling… Tinga-linga-ling … Tinga-linga-ling.
Based on the latest intelligence reports, nothing in our house makes that sound.
Tinga-linga-ling...
2023-02-25 18:22:13 +0000 UTC View PostJamie had been hungry when Becky got back from the store and had talked her into letting him nurse just a little, promising it wouldn’t spoil his appetite. Now she was preparing dinner, and he wa...
2023-02-25 14:20:44 +0000 UTC View PostJamie woke up inside to the sound of running water. He could tell Amanda had him in her arms from the way she felt different than Becky, thinner, firmer, and more slender body.
“Hey,” he ...
2023-02-24 17:19:43 +0000 UTC View Post“I’ll get it,” Jamie volunteered. They were on their way back from a walk on the beach.
“You sure,” Becky asked.
“Yes, Mom, I can go back to the bungalow on my own. I’ll b...
2023-02-23 21:52:13 +0000 UTC View Post“What do you think they’re talking about in there,” Lily asked.
Mrs. Klein had come back downstairs from tucking Billy in, reminded Isabel not to shout, and asked Emma to come with her ...
2023-02-17 18:59:04 +0000 UTC View PostI am Daphne. Hear me squeak.
I roar most of the time. Pretty big roarer. The MGM lion? That’s me doing the voiceover. Really.
It’s just that sometimes I also squeak. It’s Mary, th...
2023-02-16 13:37:58 +0000 UTC View Post“It’s supposed to stop raining tomorrow,” Becky said hopefully. It was a deluge outside. “Come sit with me.” Jamie got down off the chair he was standing, looking outside at the rain. He ...
2023-02-15 14:21:30 +0000 UTC View Post“Whadduya think,” Becky asked when they had settled into their bungalow. They had a bit of private beach in back, and behind them a paved trail led toward the main building where they could eat...
2023-02-13 17:56:12 +0000 UTC View PostKnow how you’re visiting a relative or friend with little kids and the kids wanna show you their rooms, and you go look because you can’t say no but you also really couldn’t give a heccin hoo...
2023-02-10 18:40:20 +0000 UTC View Post“Anyone with a child, little, or who needs extra time is welcome to board at this time,” the gate agent said into her microphone as the passengers milled about. This was Jamie’s first ride on...
2023-02-07 18:44:58 +0000 UTC View PostOn my way, Jane texted Becky as she got up from the spot she’d saved for them on the pool deck. Since it was a private swim club, Jane had to go meet Becky at the gate for them to come i...
2023-02-05 18:36:06 +0000 UTC View PostStacy did her best to calm herself down. She was failing. She re-read the notes from her conversation with the attorney she’d contacted, and she found them less reassuring each time. When she ado...
2023-02-02 19:34:57 +0000 UTC View Post“So what are we not going to do again,” Manda asked Jamie. He stood in front of her as she sat on the sofa, her hands on his shoulders, trying to look suitably contrite and not overly happy to ...
2023-01-30 20:14:32 +0000 UTC View Post“Gordy, could you come to the kitchen, please,” I called out. I had a suspicion, and if I was right, I could maybe put a stop to Gordy’s mood swings for the weekend or at least a stop to the ...
2023-01-28 17:51:56 +0000 UTC View PostJamie sat in his playpen once more watching Becky rush around getting ready for company. Like always, she put him out of the way, though he thought he’d have been equally out of the way in his nu...
2023-01-25 00:26:54 +0000 UTC View Post“Morning, Jamie,” Ella greeted him. It was Jamie’s last day at daycare for the summer; Amanda’s last final was that afternoon. As they had the past several summers, Ella and Jamie would be ...
2023-01-22 16:21:29 +0000 UTC View PostTheir doorstep was ordinary, so that was a good sign. Or a bad sign. One of the two. Probably. I’m decisive like that and stuff.
“I’m not nervous; you’re nervous,” I said preemptive...
2023-01-19 16:26:36 +0000 UTC View Post“Hi, Stacy.” Stacy wasn’t expecting her friend and Department of Human Services employee at her office. It wasn’t as a friend but as the latter that the sight of him made her nervous. They ...
2023-01-19 15:51:43 +0000 UTC View PostThe three of them were sitting at the dinner table, the dishes already cleared away. “So,” Amanda said, “at the end of the summer, I’ll be moving out.”
Jamie had sat glumly through ...
2023-01-17 16:10:15 +0000 UTC View PostSeveral months later…
Dear Cheryl,
Thank you for the arrival day gift! Everyone says PEGOS are the same as LEGOS, but they’re NOT. I can tell because they don’t have ...
2023-01-16 00:00:01 +0000 UTC View Post