Nemesis

My first sister and I are two years apart. I think parents assume that two siblings close in age will become happy playmates. The baby’s lonely, they think. She needs a friend. Maybe for some families that turns out to be true and the children get along famously. For our family, it was not the case.

My . . . → Read More: Nemesis

Kitten Therapy

What to do when you’re stuck home sick?

Redesign the blog, of course.

I’ve had great fun putting pictures of my fur babies in the rotating photo frame, but now I realize that I don’t have any recent shots of either of them. Future improvements, I guess.

Let me know what you think of the . . . → Read More: Kitten Therapy

Coughers

I cough. And I cough and I cough and I cough. And the coughing doesn’t dislodge anything from my lungs, but it does shake a few memories loose.

I’m a little girl – maybe 10 years old – I have bronchitis. This hasn’t prevented my aunt and uncle from chain smoking in our kitchen. From my bedroom, . . . → Read More: Coughers

Tough Choice

Coworker: You’re still sick?!

Me: Yeah.

Coworker: I thought you went to the doctor. What did the doctor say?

Me: She pretty much said I’ll get better or I’ll . . . → Read More: Tough Choice

Tossing My Cookies

When it comes to being sick, I’m an all or nothing kind of girl. There is no in between. You’ll never hear me say, “Oh, I feel a bit under the weather today” as I delicately touch a hanky to my nose. The sniffles? That’s for amateurs.

When I come down with something, it is an EVENT. . . . → Read More: Tossing My Cookies