
I wasn’t looking for a good place to stand and smoke, I was looking for a place to balance, to walk and balance and turn 180 and walk back thusly.

Absolute chaos struck the gymnasium upon the children’s entrance. Everybody and their mother wanted a picture, and they weren’t even supposed to bring their mothers, it was supposed to be immediate family only, which is why I and Alex’s mom sat there unaccompanied. But other people brought aunts, uncles, cousins. Other people did not arrive…

I routinely only keep one blanket on the bed, winter through summer, excepting the occasion of the coldest or warmest nights. It was bought at a Target in Norfolk to be used as bedding in the McDonald house. On clearance. Touted as a heavy (but not quite weighted) blanket, it blends the steadfastness of a…

Look, I think what I really need to do next is write a song. Hear me out. (If I’d just said that out loud to my son, I would then say next, “HA HA HA HA HA HAAAAAAA!!!!!” because overreacting to silliness is my number one go-to to elicit smiles.) The Ohio State football team…