I smile at the A+, but why, why did I pick some relative stranger in a far-off town as the object of my 15-year-old admiration?
There lay the most wonderful gift I could ever have imagined, far better than any nosh or stickers or even a lolly
“But here’s the thing. We need this to go over well. Very well. And that’s not going to happen with a principal out for surgery”
Do desert islands have marshmallows? Please can it always be summer? The kids are happy, so I am. Throw some hot dogs on the grill and you don’t have to cook — that’s my vacation. Everyone eats them, too. The house is a happy mess — wet towels and goggles and flip-flops by the door. I don’t
It’s a boring place for a kid, but my kids are always begging to come to work with me. They know about “Mommy’s snack drawer”
We understood her desire to remain in her home and knew it had nothing to do with her not loving or missing us
