I’ve always wondered a little about the stories of older folks getting “senile.” One of my theories is that younger people just don’t understand how hard it can be to keep track of which decade is current. When one person doesn’t understand the source of another person’s confusion, it is often labeled. If you […]
Helpless Female Caught Unawares by the Final Piece of Straw Gets Fresh Air
It’s not that I have had a bad attitude, or was even conscious of a build up of stress. And I don’t relate this to have a pity party or get sympathy. I simply didn’t know that the pieces of straw were piling up precariously! But it’s my story, and I’m sticking to it. (Not […]
Helpless Female (s) in Training Diagnose Car Heater Core
The moment I stepped into the garage, I knew it was going well. A rack of abandoned track lights was hanging from the opened garage door by mangled wires. The Trainer was walking by with a shop knife and cut up bicycle tubes. The 22 year old daughter was stomach down atop the engine, arms only […]
Helpless Female Remembers Ski Trip with Seven Kids
I had many thoughts of disaster when I agreed to take our seven kids, ages, 4 to 17, skiing that winter of 2001. Eleven years ago, the two oldest had had minimal experience, and the youngest five had never been at all. The first day went smoothly enough. However, the second day proved to be […]
Helpless Female Gets Locked Out of the House
It must have been someone with a perverse sense of humor who designed door knobs that open from the inside, but stay locked on the outside. I have lived with this for 18 years, paranoid that I would lock myself out. Fortunately, it has been such an active household that there was almost always someone […]