by Mir | Dec 13, 2010 | Health is overrated, My name is Grumplestiltskin
I feel like I should have something useful to report. Like… Monkey is all better now! (He’s not.) All of the doctors called back, with definitive answers! (They didn’t.) The answer to life, the universe and everything is 42!! (It is, but I’m...
by Mir | Dec 11, 2010 | Health is overrated, Offspring: ecstasy and agony
Thursday 6:00 am: I wake Monkey up for school. 6:20 am: He still hasn’t come downstairs, so I go looking for him. He is standing in the bathroom looking confused. He says, “I think my head hurts.” I take his temperature; 102! Back to bed! The rest of...
by Mir | Dec 9, 2010 | Offspring: ecstasy and agony
Love doesn’t want him to know how scared I’ve been. Love doesn’t want him to feel like he’s wrong or bad or a burden, ever. Love doesn’t want her to feel like she’s being lost in the shuffle, like the only way to get my attention is...
by Mir | Dec 8, 2010 | Health is overrated, Offspring: ecstasy and agony
The God’s honest truth about Monkey’s bizarre probably-a-seizure is that it was really scary and knocked us for a loop, but it’s not the scariest part. If he had just had THAT, just that one incident which is already fading in our memories (“Do...
by Mir | Dec 6, 2010 | Haven't been hit by lightning yet!, Offspring: ecstasy and agony
[First: Before you ask, yes, the party was a success, I think. Otto had a grand time, his brothers enjoyed meeting all of the folks Otto is always talking about, the crock of spinach artichoke dip was all but licked clean (it’s the jalapenos! brilliant!!), and...
