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  • They really left him? More funny family stories

    There are moments in our lives that seem so ordinary but turn into something we never forget. Some of those moments are funny, others are embarrassing, and many are both. Recently, I wrote about the stories my son tells about me and I told about my dad. And then my mom reminded me that my…

  • Funny Family Stories and Cosmic Payback!

    Every family has stories that get repeated over the years. The stories where you simultaneously dread hearing them and find that they grow funnier with distance. My dad was a prankster. He was known for his dry wit and his laughter. He loved practical jokes. And, like any prankster, he occasionally pushed it too far.…

  • You can’t teach an old dog new tricks, but can you fetch him his readers?

    [White background, eyeglasses on table, text “The farther I get into middle age, the more my success in any activity depends totally on whether or not I’ve brought the right pair of glasses for it.”] Don’t miss a laugh! Subscribe below.

  • This is the best possible description of all of those orange cones

    There are still some words that my son doesn’t quite use correctly. Or possibly he uses them better than the rest of us. Take the words “construction” and “destruction”: “Mom, why are we stuck in traffic? Is it because of the Road Destruction?” Yes. Yes it is. 😂🤣 Thanks for reading! Subscribe below to receive…

  • Best Piece of Advice I Ever Received. Period.

    This is the 4th part in my series on the best advice I’ve received. Friends, we have arrived at #1 in the countdown. Drumroll please… The best piece of advice I’ve ever received is: Build a life from which you don’t need a vacation. (I’ll add that I strongly support taking vacations anyway…😉) But how…

  • Best Advice I’ve Ever Received, Part 2

    This is the second part of a four-part series counting down the best advice that I have received. And coming in at #3 is (drumroll please)… “Time, Money and Energy are Renewable Resources.”  – Rachel Rodgers, Author of We Should All Be Millionaires  Time: Can we change the amount of time we have on the…