Mark had been leading the way, followed by Damien, then Sean, then Mike and finally I was manning the rear of our diaper brigade. I liken myself to the clowns who would follow behind the elephants and scoop up their poop during a circus parade. When Mark suddenly stopped dead in his tracks, each one […]

Cleaning the dog poop off Damien’s pants turned out to be easier than I would have expected it to be. I removed them from the bag and was nearly knocked over from the stench. Okay, maybe sealing them up into a plastic bag wasn’t the best idea, but that’s how we learn, right? I used […]

We had another unscheduled stop in front of White Castle to give some lady directions to the Post Office. I doubt that lady had a single living brain cell because it took Mark and me a good ten minutes to explain to her, that she only needed to drive down the street to the third […]

The phone only rang once before I heard Bill Killian, Damien’s grandfather, answer. “Hello Bill.” I said, “This is Max.” “Oh, hello Max. I’m sorry, I can’t talk right now. We’ve got a bit of a family emergency here.” Bill said. “Yeah, I bet it has something to do with Damien?” I said and then […]

“Trick-or-Treat, Trick-or-Treat!” the little pink flower ghost said in an almost cartoon like voice. “Oh, come on now! It’s not Halloween! It’s the middle of March for crying out loud!” I said, trying not to laugh too much. “Well, some people do their Christmas shopping early. I’m getting a head start on Trick-or-Treating this year!” […]

The first few days after coming home from the hospital, I passed the time by lying or sitting around the house watching TV, surfing the Internet and moaning about how much my head hurt. If I were truthful with myself, it wasn’t so much the pain as the fact that I was bored out of […]

Mike was wearing one of those double buckled belts with each buckle having two buckle pins apiece. Talk about overkill, but then again, it was sure effective. It would have taken a team of twenty horses to pull those pants off him. As it was, it took me a moment or two to get the […]

A few days after I had received my new phone, Mark and I had decided to make a trip to Gulliver’s Mountain, which is a store for outdoorsmen and hunters. We really didn’t have a reason for going other than just wanting to go check out all the cool stuff they sell. However, there was […]

Mom looked like she was going to cry again and I didn’t think I could take more water works. I was emotionally zapped and in need of some serious down time. Thankfully, dad started talking before mom could start blubbering again. “We’ve been talking…” dad began, “and we feel that one, you are growing up […]

Mark walked in, looking kind of sheepish, “Sorry I sort of couldn’t help overhearing…” he trailed off at the end and stood there looking pitiful. “Oh, hello Mark. I forgot that you had come over.” Mom said. And as if absolutely nothing had just happened, she asked him, “Would you like to stay for dinner?” […]