Stories for Dads and Moms who Need a Laugh

People get sick. Children, daddies, mommies. It doesn't matter who you are or where you are, illnesses tend to find you. If you're lucky, it's something you can handle while you're going about your business and just sip some tea or pop a lozenge. Sometimes it's worse than that and you need some rest. Either way, getting sick is an unfortunate but inevitable fact of life. Illness has made its presence felt in my home as Wife and children have been hit with a malady. People have been up at all hours of the night needing medicine or tissues to see themselves through the latest round of sickness and discomfort here. Happening on Christmas put a dent in our plans. We were going to visit family and stay overnight, but the condition of some of our children plus not wanting to infect other guests who were vulnerable and susceptible to germs made us rethink those plans. One of our patients. New Plans for the Day After exchanging presents on Christmas morning, healthy members...

A wrapping station set up by Wife. You can see some of my finer work  in the background. Christmas Eve is here. It’s only a matter of hours before my children ask if we can exchange presents. Once again, we’ve done all we can to prepare for the big day of December 25th. We went shopping, sent Christmas cards, wrapped presents, checked our lists and made sure we had everything we needed to prepare for the festive season. Needing Time to Prepare Alas, we ran out of time. We had some unforeseen contingencies like we always do when there’s a plan. This year, I started a new job. That took some time out of the usual planning and preparation. Lucky for us, Lovie was able to step in and assume some of the Christmas duties.  One of my favorite things to do for Christmas is to send out cards. My Christmas card list is three pages long, and I’m always excited when I add another name to it. Unlike Bob Rivers , I actually enjoy sending them out every year, even to the ones I really don’t ...