My Eldest Son

The next day at pageant practice proves to be very interesting.  Alastair finds himself seated next to Savannah again.  This time she doesn’t do anything to get his attention.  I…

Jimin, Jin, and Hobi failed to appear, but things get interesting about an hour later when Melody arrives to pick up her little cousin.  I’m standing backstage beyond the curtain,…

Later that night, I find Alastair alone. “Hey, kiddo.  Has Savannah been bugging you for a long time?”He rolls his eyes.  “Ever since the first day of school.”“Do you realize that…

“Mrs. Franklin?” “Yes?”“This is Mrs. O.  As you know we’re having pageant practice today after school with both the elementary and middle school students.  I’m calling because I need some help.”“Some help?”“I had…

“Mommy!”It’s Monday morning.  Why am I being woken up so early?  I crack an eye open in the dark.  Then I groan.  My husband is already in the shower.  An indication that it’s not even…

We are quite suddenly quickly approaching Christmas, and I am growing nostalgic.  For the old days.  When Jungkook sang to me from YouTube.“Kookie, would you sing O Holy Night for me?” I ask…

“Mom,” Janna finds me in the kitchen around seven o’clock in the evening.“Hmm?”“I don’t think Lyric should drive home in this storm.  I’d be worried about him.”I turn to glance her…

The kids spend the rest of the afternoon playing UNO together while I frost and decorate the remaining cookies.  I cleaned out my chest freezer a month ago, so I…

All eight of the kids decide to brave the frigid weather outside for a chance to play in a rare event, freshly fallen snow.  Over the next half hour, as more…

About ten minutes into their project, as my kids are working on writing their Christmas journal paragraphs, I hear a knock on the front door.  I cross the room to…