Tag: holidays
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Holidays with the Family
If you could host a dinner and anyone you invite was sure to come, who would you invite? This question has me thinking about the dining rooms and picnics I attended as a child. The guests were my extended family. It was usually one party for my mother’s side of the family and a smaller…
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Up Late
I stayed up late last night. I slept in late today. At a little after noon I hurried out of bed and got dressed so I could take the garbage to the curb before the truck came. As I was putting on my socks my wife informed me that garbage is delayed this week because…
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Holidays
Holidays? Between autism and poverty our nuclear family lost virtually all sense of tradition. We get candy for Halloween and sometimes even try to pass it out. But we don’t do church services on Christian holidays or parades on patriotic ones. My wife sent out Christmas cards last year I think. But I had to…
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Holidays are Loud
We live pretty close to the center of town. When they stage a parade all the acts gather in the neighborhood. It’s not as bad as Fourth of July when individuals are lighting their own fireworks all over the place, but it can still cause some dysregulation in the house. Labor Day is a decent…
Latter Day Sinner 