foster parenting 4/4

If It’s Over

The chickens have been helpful. They are doing their part to prepare my modest plot for winter. There has been so much to learn this...

There’s a Chicken in My Car: October Baseball and Other Rarities

She wanted to know what she should bake; she was taking suggestions via Facebook. My friend Chrissy is a self-proclaimed therapeutic...

Words

What she said must have been true, or I might have remained a captive audience. As my attention turned elsewhere, my thoughts rotated...

Fore!

The eventuality of the last game of the regular baseball season stirs me at a primal level, to some sort of overwhelming sadness, knowing...

Standing By

Somehow, I felt better sending the little chicken with Sam. He’s gone for three months, half a day away by airplane. He must be having...

Shining like Nobody’s Business: Reflections on Turning Fifty

Aaron, not to be outdone by his brother, looked up at me and offered this: “I will still think about you when you are dead.” That’s good...

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