Sam didn’t like me. Then I didn’t like myself. Pretty soon I didn’t like him either. With a ruined laptop and a public meltdown — I didn’t like the day, and the d...
Sam discovered the wonderful world of mulch today, something I had never really heard of until I was a homeowner well into my 30’s. When I told him the mulch guy was coming, he asked me, ̶...
Until yesterday, a happy haircut for the Saminator was beyond my wildest dreams. I never thought I’d be using the two words in the same sentence, let along stringing them together, with ‘...
Are you familiar with that expression, “God doesn’t give you any more than you can handle?” I’ve always thought there was some truth to it, but now I’m a believer. (U...
The philosopher Descartes is famous for his Latin statement, “Ergo cogito sum,” translated as “I think, therefore I am.” Not to be outdone by the Father of Modern Philosophy,...
It’s true! Grams and Pops hit the jackpot on this trip, much to their delight. They have been making the pilgrimage down 95 South from Boston every six months or so since Sam was born almost...
This blog is moving on over to a new site called www.RichmondChic.com, a new online women’s magazine developed by the Richmond Times-Dispatch and Skirt! Magazine. Don’t worry — I...
Daddy Mac was out of town this weekend, so I wanted to do something extra fun with Sam on Saturday morning. It was as much as for me as for him — I was dying to get off of Midlothian Turnpike,...
Sam has been obsessed with fire engines since before he could walk, but now it is at a whole new level. Fatal Attraction’s got nothing on him. For the past month or so, Sam has worn his red ...
You know it’s going to happen eventually. It’s bound to happen. It’s part of that whole growing up process thing called childhood. That’s a-OK with me, I just didn’...