Basketball and I have a dismal history. But I married a basketball player—a small-town, high school stand-out, I’m told. My basketball history is less stand-out-ish. I remember sort of watching exactly one basketball game. Lakers versus Celtics. It was a high stakes game. Die-hard Lakers fans … [Read more...] about The Ministry of March Madness
Silly Stuff
Never for Nothing (Nunca de Nada)
I guess I was looking for a tally mark in the "good mom" column when I bought the video. Remember when I revealed all my early motherhood delusions? I mentioned our Spanish Barney days. Back when my boys were preschoolers and I was a hyper-vigilant mom who didn’t want to waste a moment of … [Read more...] about Never for Nothing (Nunca de Nada)
A Baby with Power Tools (aka. a cell phone)
Dear Son, You already know how excited I am (not) to give you this cell phone. For several years my response to your continual badgering has been, “You can get a phone when your dad and I need you to have one.” Good news and bad news, Son. We need you to have one. This is good news because you … [Read more...] about A Baby with Power Tools (aka. a cell phone)
To Obey is Better than Sacrifice: A Modern Day Parable from My House
About a week ago, I was super nerved-up over a multitude of tasks that are taking me a painfully long time to complete. To add insult to injury, the boys were arguing vehemently over totally inconsequential stuff. Like the exact shape of Kevin Durant’s logo. The precise lyric of a Tim Hawkins … [Read more...] about To Obey is Better than Sacrifice: A Modern Day Parable from My House
Unlikely Teachers
I’m not too hip on pop culture trivia and I get really annoyed with click-bait titles like, “When I saw what happened next my jaw dropped.” But when I read “Meghan Trainor Takes Mortifying Tumble on Fallon,” I clicked. It was partly because I like Meghan Trainor’s message of feeling … [Read more...] about Unlikely Teachers
Congratulations!
It took about 10 minutes to print on my high school’s dot-matrix printer. When the final flourishes of clip-art rolled out of the printer, I ripped the hole-y edges off the sides of my five-foot paper banner. At my graduation reception, it crowned my shrine of photo albums, news clippings, and … [Read more...] about Congratulations!