Me, upon discovering Christine has brought Miranda downstairs while Henry naps away: “Miranda! Why aren’t you sleeping?” Her: “I sleeping last night!” Duh, Mom. ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ Miranda, to Jack, after watching him give me a hug and a kiss goodbye in the morning: “You loving Mommy!” Duh, Miranda.
Author Archives: Abi Bowling
Words With Ethan
Ethan likes to “help” me play Words With Friends, and tonight he asked if we could play instead of reading a story. He snuggled up to me as I opened the app, and about four games in, I realized he had stopped making suggestions, so I waved my hand in front of his face. No […]
And then…
For the story up to here, read this. Luckily, when we got to the emergency room, there were only two people in front of us, so the wait wasn’t too long (though it must have seemed like forever to Jack, who was barely holding it together in a wheelchair). Jack was hooked up to an […]
What happened next
He was sure it was the stomach flu, or food poisoning. He spent that Friday upstairs with the door closed, only leaving the bed to grope his way to the bathroom, where he would surprise himself with the intensity of his heaving. His belly hurt. It was an unfamiliar, unrelenting pain. The next day wasn’t […]
I would not make a good drug addict
Folks, it has been been a while. I have some really, really good excuses, though. The past month has been chock full of health issues here at the House of Chaos, with things just finally getting back to some semblance of normal. But where to start? Hmm… how about with the day after my eye […]
