Dear Chance, It is late in the morning on Saturday; I am sitting at Drip on Saluda Avenue in Columbia, South Carolina. I am enjoying
Category: For The Birds
I started this blog almost ten years ago because I felt the time with my two sons was flying by. While some capture their memories with pictures, I capture my memories with words.
When I started my blog, Little Chirp was three years old, and Brainy Bird was eight. At present (Fall 2021), Brainy Bird is in his first year of college at the University of South Carolina. Little Chirp is in the eight grade at Willow Wood Junior High in Tomball, TX.
Little Chirp just headed to his room to read the rest of the first book assigned for reading in his English class. Funny, he did
I just finished my morning coffee at a quaint little place in Biloxi, Mississippi. A group of old men sit behind me chewing the cud
Today went as planned, and we are about half way to Columbia, South Carolina. I am teasing Brainy Bird about being the worst road trip
My 5 AM alarm clock just went off. Potatoe and I have both been awake for more than hour. The morning is anything but quiet.
We just finished a game of moon, which has been a family favorite for half a decade or more. I won. The boys now each
It is brunch time on Sunday morning. I had plans to meet a friend at one of my favorite restaurants, and I was already on
It is the first Saturday in August of 2021. I am still in great spirits from my good fortune last Saturday. I just finished breakfast
It is Sunday morning, the first day of August and the last day of our summer vacation, a vacation that we almost did not take
The boys and I both think that yesterday was quite possibly the best EVER day of vacation. I remember starting my day with hopes that