Stories for Dads and Moms who Need a Laugh

The patient Our family is very busy, just like yours. Sometimes I think people like to do things because they think we don't quite have enough to do, and would like to give us more. One day I was trying to get things cleaned and organized. It's a challenge when God didn't bless you that way, and it's even more of a challenge when you have four cherubs who think fairies visit at night to take out the trash and replace empty toilet paper rolls. I was able to recruit Slugger to clean some dishes. There were some items in the sink that needed to be rinsed off and tossed into the recycling bin. The bin was starting to fill up fast. The Dog got Hurt Somehow, there was an open can that found its way to the floor, and somehow, Doggie found her way to the open can. She didn't see where she was stepping and ended up stepping right on the jagged lid of the can. Doggie was in pain and we needed to bandage her up and clean the blood on the floor that was now resembling a small c

Sometimes my children need help with their homework. Unfortunately, it's never with American History or literature. No, my children need help with math. Math isn't too difficult for me as long as there are no letters involved. Lucky for my children and me, we haven't reached that stage yet. One of my children has entered the wonderful world of integers. It's something I haven't had to worry about since 1990. Lucky for me, the idea of integers hasn't changed much in the past 30 years, but that doesn't make it any easier for either of us. My child needs to add a negative in their equations. I find this to be foolish. Why not just subtract a number instead of adding a negative number. When is my child actually going to face a situation where they are told to add a negative? Is this what people are doing now? Instead of subtracting we're, "adding negatives"? So, why are we going ahead and "adding negatives"? I honestly don't know the