The paralegal told us to show up promptly at 9am to court. We had heard horror stories of how long this could take, so we drove two hours to the court with food, drinks, magazines and a nervous feeling.
Our first surprise was that our paralegal had become our lawyer. It was such a long process that our paralegal graduated from law school and became our attorney. We didn’t know this until that morning.
We also didn’t know that she had only...
Nancy went to the woman’s retreat this weekend, and so it was the older boys and I managing the care of the Dynamic Duo. It is so interesting how twins look at life differently. When we read Lyle the Crocodile, Ben points out every red car in the story. Katie shows me all the shoes that the characters wear.
This takes on huge significance, because Katie carries shoes around with her all the time, and they end up in interesting places....
With all due respect, Nancy doesn’t understand males. At the end of the term, we have our dorm clean up, and we write down the things they will need to do. On the list that she was going to actually GIVE to the boys, she had written: “Wash walls if necessary.”
Sadly, it came to me to inform her that I was 46 years old, and had NEVER felt like it was necessary to wash a wall. If the walls were...
