Stories for Dads and Moms who Need a Laugh

When I am travelling to see friends and family, I usually take a detour through one of my old neighborhoods or past an old school or job. A simple drive home from somewhere usually becomes hours-long, much to the chagrin of my children. Certainly I'm not the only one who passes through a place that was once a routine in their previous life. Some people leave and never look back because they don't need to. They lived that part of their life and they don't need to visit that part of the past any longer. Not me. I go back and visit the ghosts every chance I get. There are times when people need to go back to an old neighborhood. Sometimes they need to pick something up from their parents or, in a worst-case-scenario, a relative has died and something needs to be picked up. Unfortunately, there may be a time when you have to go back to the old neighborhood to take care of some business, usually after the loss of a loved one. Murder at Whispering Pines Lai Holmes has written ...

Fruit Loops huddling up at the lake. Wife and The Boy recently took a trip together, but it wasn't just the two of them. Instead, Wife thought it would be a good idea if The Fruit Loops went down the Cape for a few days. The Boy was obviously ecstatic about this idea. He and his crew riding around town on their bikes and hanging out at various places certainly seemed like a great idea. The plan while down Cape Cod was for Wife to work during the morning, and then making sure all of the Fruit Loops were alive and well when she finished work in the afternoon. Afternoon trips would include the beach, the pond, or maybe just a walk downtown where the boys could enjoy some ice cream or a drink. The Boy was obviously excited at the prospect of hanging out with his gang for a few days. It made me think of a time when I spent a week with friends in New Hampshire. My brother and I spent a week with friends at a rented house. The week included games of wiffle ball, squirt guns, trips to the...