I just sleep better when you’re beside me, that’s all.
The art of loving someone while not always liking them.
They’re little pieces of me. I’ll never do better work.
I know it doesn’t matter, but I’m just really tired.
The negotiation between what you want and what is right.
The trick is learning to want that which is right. […]
20 years ago, while I was a missionary in Brazil, Her Hotness was at home living her normal life as a gorgeous 18-19 year old. That is to say, she dated a lot of guys. (Let me be very clear: “date” in my culture means just that—go out on dates. It doesn’t mean “bonking,” like […]
That’s when Her Hotness and I will lock the five in the garage and high-tail it out of town. We’ll check into this B&B for two nights and 2.5 days, surfacing only to eat:
“Quaint,” you say? “Cute?”
“Xanadu,” says I. “Nirvana.”
I am excited beyond all reason for this trip. Sleeping until we’re done…I can barely imagine […]
It’s 10 p.m. and I’m itching in the worst way for bed and sleep. Her Hotness and I are exhausted after wrangling with numbers 3-5 for weeks at a time with no break, leaving little time and less energy for us and for numbers 1 and 2, who can pretty well take care of themselves, […]
Do you find yourself looking back with fondness on the days before you had kids? Or the days soon after marriage? Life was different then, wasn’t it? Yes, yes—children are a lasting source of joy and satisfaction yada yada yada. While that may be true, you’ve made a permanent trade and there’s no going back. […]
Artwork by Boy 7. I was wearing my Ninja suit that day.-->
