March 16, 2020 – The announcement came via text message that our schools will remain closed until April 10th. Around an hour after that, Harris
I can still remember the days I prayed for all the things I have now. I am sitting in my sister’s quiet house. The only
It is officially the first day of Brainy Bird’s last high school spring break. I am in New Braunfels. There are three dogs laying around
You left for Heaven on this day 12 years ago. Brainy Bird was just six years old. Little Chirp was almost a year old. Brainy
It is an insanely gorgeous day outside. Potatoe and I slept late, and then we went for a morning walk after he and his cat
“Back to normal” what does that even mean? I am sitting at my desk in my kitchen sipping my first cup of coffee and getting
It is around 9 PM on Tuesday, February 16th. The day has been anything but ordinary. We have been without water and power for 27
I awoke on Wednesday, February 17th certain that we would have our power back. The most that I had heard of anyone being without power
It is Sunday afternoon; a winter storm is in the process of bringing record lows to Houston. There is a power shortage, and brown outs
Brainy Bird’s intelligence will take him places beyond what I can imagine for him as his mother. His entire life he has been able to