Kellen, after tonight’s game: “Mom, Mom, did you see? I hit both my free throws tonight …. I have a perfect free throw record this season! Perfect …. 100% !!!” “Yes, my son, I saw them both. You are truly a stud …. one of a kind …. a rock star. You are setting 7th [...]
Kellen and his cousin Landon played in the same basketball league this winter, but their teams were in different divisions. Kellen’s team was exactly where it should be ….. they won about half their games. The majority of the games they won, they won by a fairly close margin. Same for the games they lost. [...]
Because really, not just anyone can take photos as good as this: Honestly, including someone’s HEAD in the photo is highly over rated. Why should I settle, and be like everyone else? I think cutting off the heads could be my own unique watermark. And why worry yourself over something as silly as FOCUS? Don’t [...]
Some of you might have guessed, correctly, that I’m not at my most comfortable in front of a crowd. My gut-wrenching, visceral reaction to public speaking …. the fact I break out in a sweat at the thought of doing karaoke …. Obviously, performing, or even putting myself in a situation where a group of [...]
PS at the beginning — can I just tell you guys that the comments regarding the previous entry have been cracking me UP for the past two days?? You guys should all sign in every single time because honestly, I have been laughing and laughing at with you. Thanks so much for posting — you’ve [...]
Day 56 OT GUILT FOR LYING: The emotion I felt driving Kellen to his basketball game Tuesday evening when he asked if I knew what team they were “versing” (his word, not mine) and I told him no, actually, I don’t. RELIEF: The emotion I felt when he saw the giant mutant blue team walk [...]
Day 31 OT Thanks so much to all of you (many of you teachers yourselves!) who wrote in the guestbook to let me know you would rather run through Hell wearing gasoline-soaked underpants than listen to children read at school. I have to say, I’m feeling much better about myself, knowing I’m in such good [...]