When I was growing up, my grandfather would take myself and my brother along on his many errands, buckled up in that white Crown Victoria. What should have taken an hour normally took at least three, depending on how many local residents that we ran in to that knew him. And to have known my […]
Lessons from the Laundry Room
The first time I visited a laundry mat was my senior year in college. I was accustomed to taking my dirty laundry home on the weekends and utilizing my parents’ washer and dryer while wearing old sweatpants and a t-shirt, waiting on my clothes to dry. But this laundry mat intrigued me, as it was […]
When I Found Out My Kid Had Drawn Butt Cheeks on a Boy’s Hand
You know when it’s coming: your child will bring home many, many colorful order forms the days preceding the event, showcasing all the goods that are about the explode in your child’s school library. The only time of year children can convince their parents to buy expensive character erasers because the money goes to “help […]
around here :: january 2017
I haven’t written an “Around Here” post in a long time, so I wanted to start out 2017 by reviving this semi-consistent Letters from the Nest tradition from a few years ago. It’s fun and stress free to simply share what we’ve been doing this month, after all of the heavy content that has been […]