Archive for January, 2008
Buddy Time
Wednesday, January 30th, 2008I have an early morning tradition with our youngest son, Austin. He’s 7, and since he was 4 we’ve spent a lot of mornings getting up before the rest of the family for “buddy time.”
I brew some coffee and pour myself a mug. I heat up some milk for Austin and add enough of my […]
Rock of the Aged
Monday, January 21st, 2008Thursday, December 27, during our family’s Christmas visit to Fort Wayne, Ind., had not yet dawned. But my sleep evaporated around 3 with a pain familiar to a select population of patients who ignore their bodies’ need for adequate hydration.
My right kidney announced its gift of a stone. I began the ordeal of pacing the […]
Ralph
Monday, January 14th, 2008We spent Christmas week in Fort Wayne, Ind., with my wife’s family. As luck, or Providence, would have it, my brother-in-law needed to replace the battery in both of their vehicles the same weekend. He and I made the drive to the local Wal-Mart SuperCenter.
Waiting in line at the auto service desk, I listened to […]
Twister
Tuesday, January 8th, 2008As I type this, tornado sirens across our community are going off. A couple of small twisters have touched down a few miles away.
Our home has a basement, for which I’m grateful. In our previous two homes you had to hunker in an interior closet or bathtub and hope your dog’s name wasn’t Toto. Our […]