The Wink

Until I finish the story…

.. and do the Washington County Fair trip justice,a few photos of Briar to feed the soul.

Goofing off with mom in the morning

Our little ham.

I Love Biscuits

Briar had a teething biscuit in each hand and justbounced around in the chair all morning – muchto my picture taking delight.This picture shows her in the midst of an impromptuset of squats.

The mail came today.There was a big box.Bigger than Ella.Longer than my stroller. I stood next to it and flipped it over and over.Mom said it was mine.Mine! I helped Dad open the box.I really like the box.You can open and shut it.Dad took this thing out of it.It’s gonna have to be pretty cool for me [...]

Up high, outside, close to the noise.People driving by keep referring to me as Dad’s supervisor.Life doesn’t get much better than this.

Quickie

Briar said, “Bye” this morning. Granted she was crawling toward the dog dish as she said it, but I was also leaving, so even though it might not have been intentional, I’m giving her credit for saying, “Bye.” Had a kind of rough night. Well, ok, maybe you don’t consider waking up to repeated head butts and [...]

The Roles We Play

In my experience, relationships inevitably catapult people into roles. One person ends up being the passive player, the other the dominant. One person the worrier, the other the cool as a cucumber, calm one. You don’t necessarily choose your role, it just sort of happens since it is impossible for both people to play the same role…actually it’s [...]

Ah, the love hate relationship with carbonation. 

We discovered that Briar prefers a table by the window. This picture makes me feel like she’s already 10 and I am looking back on “the early days.” Oh the ache. 

Here she is with Captain Paulie.