Socks are only for bowling. You never use an umbrella because you know the rain will be over in five minutes. A good parking place has nothing to do with distance from the store, but everything to do with shade. Your winter coat is made of denim. You can tell the difference between fire ant [...]

We got home from the hospital last night. I’m glad to be home, but I feel kind of lost. Out of the routine. Dan’s taken over all of the stuff for the kids, and done wonderfully. I’m so tired that I don’t care.  I kind of half expect Ari to slide back, and have to [...]

Last night I went back to the ER with Ari. She’s still running a high-grade fever (102), and vomiting, diarrhea, abdominal pain with guarding, and dehydration.My baby girl is not getting better. This time through they did another urine test – which came back clean. They drew blood, which came back with a high white [...]