A Chinese proverb says may you live in interesting times. I've seen it on many of those fortune cookies they give you in restaurants, and I can't but smile every time. If you ask me, people should strive for the ordinary and the mundane and avoid the extremes that come with leading an extraordinary life. They'd live longer if they did. Who am I kidding? We a...
It was Valentine's Day, and luckily, this year, it fell on a Saturday. Darcy and I were also in luck because our second child had a birthday that was close to Valentine's Day and all four grandparents had traveled down to Austin for to see our little tyke turn two years old. All of the grandparents had decided to stay for a couple of weeks as the weather u...
Part 4 -- Life with Grandpa The plane touched down uneventfully and being a domestic flight there was no customs inspection. I wheeled my luggage tote through the arrivals area seeking a taxi stand which I found in short order. My grandparents lived in the more rural part of the state and had been farmers. They sold off most of their land as their children...
It was a nice Valentine's Day as the married couple finished their walk on one of the few days in Houston that wasn't over hundred degrees with hundred percent humidity, but then again they wouldn't be able to have the house they do if it was nice weather year round. The sun was setting after a peaceful Valentine's Day spending it with the Grandparents but n...
This story takes place in Malta where I was on holiday last week with my sister, her husband and our grandparents. The days were spent lounging round the pool either swimming or catching a tan, or wandering around the resort. In the afternoon we went back to the room as it was just too hot. I was in a 2 bedroom apartment with my sister and her husband. It w...
She came home with one of those sick headaches that happens once in a while. There was a paleness about her that betrayed how lifeless and drained she was. He never knew just exactly what to do except quiet rest and the medicine. Today as she came in, he just went to her to help her in and she just fell into his arms and he enveloped her with his big bear l...
January 20, 2025 "Please raise your right hand and repeat after me: I, Mark Douglas Robinson, do solemnly swear..." "I, Mark Douglas Robinson, do solemnly swear..." "That I will faithfully execute..." "That I will faithfully execute..." "The Office of President of the United States..." "The Office of President of the United States..." "And will, to th...
Things could get complicated with so many generations running about. No, not 'could get' – better say 'certainly are!' Jennie stood beside her host, Edward, watching through the living room window as her grandparents' car disappeared down the drive, headed to a two-day junket on the wild Pacific shore a hundred miles west of Seattle. Jennie's parents w...
Natalie "Arise love." "Why?" "The council has some information concerning your family history." "Oh, ok. Be ready in 5." I have never gotten showered and dress so fast in my life. I ran down the stairs to the conference room and was greeted by Conall, Caiden and the entire council, all of whom stood to greet me. "Good morning Queen Alpha." "Good morni...
When I was a kid I had a friend named Carrie. Her parents were divorced and so her mom lived with her grandparents down the street. It seemed that every time it was her mom's turn to get her she would always come over to my house with her little brother and ask me and my sister to come out and play. We often did but as time went on it got annoying that she w...