a peek inside the fishbowl

Yesterday was the first time in over a week that our youngest has looked and felt healthy. So she celebrated by doing something a little more active than lying on the couch… like going for a skate after the dishes have been cleared and the sun has gone down: She had a bad flu that […]

It’s day four at home with a feverish and flu-ridden kid. My to-do list is getting longer and I’m starting to get a little squirrely. Thankfully, there’s this: How can I be stressed when there’s someone willing to get a good ear scritching? And in other news, I was picking up emergency supplies at the […]

It’s 2:12 when Piper wakes me. She has to poop. This doesn’t happen often, but it happens. She always wakes me quietly, with a whisper whine, as if to apologize. I blindly reach for my giant furry housecoat and trudge down the stairs in the darkness. I locate her collar by touch and hear its […]