Whose Wedding Is It Anyway, Sunshine?
I traveled with my younger sister, The Tempest, and Sunshine to my nephew’s wedding a few months back. This nephew happens to be Angry Eyes, the first grandchild in our family to get married. What […]
Family
Sunshine and Darkness
My granddaughter, Little Tweetie Pie came over today. Spending time with that adorable six-year-old is always entertaining. In her, I get to see facets of the personalities of many of my loved ones. Little Tweetie […]
Dreaming in the Sunshine
When I was pregnant with the first Impossible Miracle, I had a dream that I foolishly shared with my sister in the presence of Sunshine. It was a typical dream, I think, for pregnant women, […]
Control the Crazy, Sunshine!
Everyone has buttons that can be pressed to make them angry, frustrated, or enraged. I’m usually sent into fits of rage whenever my mother says something less-than-flattering about my children. I am probably quite typical […]
Big Fat Rays of Sunshine, Part 2
We were all fat in Sunshine’s eyes. No, that’s not true. Lynne and I were her fat daughters. Straighten Up! and The Tempest were extra thin, thus they were spared the fat taunts. They were […]
Halloween Sucks Because of the Sunshine
Let me begin with this statement: I hate Halloween. Hate it. Very, very, very much hate Halloween. It’s almost here and all I can think is how I can’t wait for it to be over. […]
What Have We Done?
If my mother, whom we call Sunshine, is all the things that we described in the About Us page, why and how did she come to live with me? Fair question. It’s a question that my husbandBatman […]
Birthday Wishes for Daddy
Dear Daddy, It’s been more than ten years since you passed away. You would have been 86 this year. Wishes on birthdays are traditionally made for the celebrant. Ours are (selfishly) made for ourselves. Dad, […]
