A Science Family »
Some families are sports families. Sports families revolve around their favorite teams. Vacations are planned around the teams’ schedules. Weekends are devoted to the planning for and watching of the games. Each member of the sports family has a favorite player and generally has at least three pieces of clothing on which that player’s team color and number is [...]
LAURA ON LIFE: The Blinding Truth »
Laura on Life The trouble with the world can be characterized by an example of human behavior that is readily recognized, but is nonetheless unexplainable. This example happened while I was driving home one night. The thoughts in my head were the usual reminders my subconscious is always sending me: What to buy, who to [...]
The Definition of Clean »
Laura on Life The definition of the word “clean?” It’s all relative. It depends on which relative is doing the cleaning. Two of my boys, the youngest two, ages 13 and 8, are in charge of cleaning one of the bathrooms in my house. I have put them in charge of that bathroom [...]
When You’re Hot, You’re Not »
Laura on Life Trying to have a rational conversation with a child is like trying to capture sand in a sieve. They have so many things going on in their head all at once that some of the simplest concepts are lost somewhere between your mouth and their ears. For example, I could [...]
Ladies Night Out »
Laura on Life In the past, the concept of Ladies Night Out has been a “yeah, right!” in the back of my mind. It happens so rarely that, when it does, I don’t even recognize it as a Ladies Night Out. It’s more like a “Oh-my-gosh-we-forgot-the-kids Night.” I recently made a couple of new friends [...]
The Laws of Nature »
I woke up this morning wondering what I was going to wear today. My only two pairs of pants with elastic waistbands were in the wash and I had put on a little too much poundage to comfortably wear any of the others. Maybe today was a good day to start that diet and exercise [...]
Laura on Life »
Laura on Life This is an excerpt from my book, Laura On Life: Corn Dogs and Dust Bunnies: I witnessed a rather amusing spectacle the other day: A bird was picking a fight with my cat. As I watched, this bird would swoop down and bean my cat on the head with her beak. My [...]
Trimming Your Home »
Laura on Life We’ll just add some trim. This is an expression that is used with astonishing frequency in our home. As do-it-yourself people (read cheap), we are always taking on projects for which we have not been properly trained. “Trim,” as a noun, is the word we use to express what is needed after [...]
Compromise is a four-letter word. »
Compromise is a four-letter word. Alright, so that’s a lie. But so is the long-held belief that compromise is the secret to a happy marriage. Not true, doesn’t work. Compromising doesn’t make either one of us happy. That win-win situation that many self-help books preach? It doesn’t exist. Whoever wrote those books never had a [...]
The Hazards of Reading »
When I want to stimulate my mind without stimulating the rest of me, I read. There is nothing more relaxing. Even watching TV has a certain stress factor attached to it, especially if you are not in possession of the remote or you are not technologically inclined, both of which are issues for me. The [...]
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