Some kids get called 'bundles of joy' or 'slices of heaven' or 'dreams come true.' We got 'the fifty-fourth generation of DNA experiments.' Doesn't have the same warm and fuzzy feel. But maybe I'm oversensitive.
This time I wouldn't forget him, because I couldn't ever forgive him - for breaking my heart twice.
What I'm really addicted to is getting people to understand that if their kids aren't competent readers coming out of middle school, it's really going to be hard for them in high school.
Success comes in cans, not cannots.
But what is life if you don't live it?
The funny thing about facing imminent death is that it really snaps everything else into perspective.