Current Quandary
His mother. Our house. My sanity.
20 Jan 2010
Those six words just won me Narrative Magazine’s Six-Word Story Contest. So there’s already something good resulting from my mother-in-law moving in 12 days ago.
In the interest of full disclosure, I need to state that the contest’s six-word limit forced me to take some creative liberties. For one thing, she is not under our [...]
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Nun Fun for the Holidays
10 Jan 2010
Remember how I rearended a nun’s car? In my family, something like that is hard to live down. It’s just too big of a target for teasing, even on the holiest of days. Particularly when the Christmas dinner is hosted by my sister-in-law Lynn (the one who drove the nun home) and her sister Mary [...]
Isn’t it ironic
13 Nov 2009
Yesterday I got into a car accident. More accurately, I caused an accident. I rear-ended a nun as I was trying to dial my BlackBerry. I thank God (and I do mean that literally) that no one was hurt. Emergency vehicles arrived (five total). Hands trembled (mine). Tears flowed (mine). Professionals soothed (mostly me). Cars [...]
