Each weekday morning is the same. It starts with the antagonizing alarm, and continues through the bustle of getting everyone up, dressed, fed, gathered, and out the door. Somehow we manage it all in under an hour and it’s very much like clockwork at this point, but oh so hectic. Ask me an hour later [...]
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She sits next to me on the stool, her tiny fingers spread over the ivory keys, her thumbs gliding across the span of an octave in search of that elusive Middle C. “This one?” “No, that’s the A. Where is the C?” I catch myself because I know that I just sounded frustrated. I am only human after [...] On today’s episode of As the Bathwater Cools, Barbie finds herself in a rather awkward situation. Ariel: Hi! Want to be friends? Barbie: Yes! Oh, I love your hair. Ariel: Thank you! I love your hair too. Barbie: Thank you very much! Ariel: Say, do you want to get married? Barbie: Yes! Oh yes, let’s get married! Ariel: Yay! Let’s [...] It was approximately 8:50 in the morning when my office phone rang on September 11, 2001. I could tell from a glance at the caller ID that is was my fiancé, now husband. I barely skipped a beat as I raised the receiver to my ear and continued a scan of my morning email. I [...] I crept into her room so early it was still dark, but I could tell she was awake. I saw her little eye peek over to make sure it was me. Yet she immediately feigned sleep; my princess likes to be woken with a kiss. I gave her a smooch on her cheek and sang her [...] |
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