Have you ever had a commercial slogan or jingle stuck in your head? Of course you have! I’m dating myself, I know, but back in the early ‘90’s there was a commercial that used to tout a certain cough syrup’s superiority by boasting that it was not only prescribed by physicians and pharmacists, but it was also recommended by “Doctor Mom.” It stuck with me. The implication was that because of … [Read more...]
Take It To the Mattresses
Another school year looms around the corner. We just moved from one state to another when school was out in mid-June. School in the old state started the last week of August and ended in mid-June. School in the new state starts the first week of August and ends in mid-May. That leaves my kids, who are moving from a late-starting school to an early-starting school, only 6 glorious weeks of summer … [Read more...]
God Is Enough
This week I'm visiting the vast, remote South Dakota country where we lived when our son was born. I'm driving on roads that look like they stretch out forever over miles and miles of short grass prairie in a county with more pronghorn antelope than people per square mile. Each day, I fight an irrational urge to travel the long miles between the tiny town of Camp Crook, where I am staying, and … [Read more...]
Advice
I sat there reeling as the doctor proclaimed, “Well, there’s no easy way to say it. Charlie has hemophilia.” It felt like a bad dream I was going to wake from. My skin felt numb. The lighting in the room seemed bright and psychedelic. Surely this couldn’t be happening. Yet, there I sat holding this sweet, innocent, fragile baby, my worst dream having become a reality. As life went forward … [Read more...]