Red's Wrap
Happiness. It's relative.
Category: Marriage, Family, Dogs, and Cat
Honoring Hard Times
There are times in my family’s life that are never spoken of. Hard times, rough patches. Every family with any substance, especially families that have taken on the challenge of growing by adoption, has had these times. I don’t trust families who’ve had just… Continue Reading “Honoring Hard Times”
Shark Week
The fundamental difference between my husband and me on the issue of childrearing comes down to this. Shark Week. Shark Week and Dog Week, exactly six months apart, are revered times in this house, well, for some people. Dog Week, a week in February… Continue Reading “Shark Week”
Bite Me
Yes, the doll has two little red dots on her neck. This is Marceline, although I just this minute learned her name. She is a vampire doll and for a few weeks she lived in my house, the property of my seven-year old granddaughter,… Continue Reading “Bite Me”
A Fine Pie
I’ll take pie and ice cream over cake and ice cream any day of the week and here’s why. Pie has more personality and way more power. I courted my husband with pie. He was getting over a bad break-up and living in a… Continue Reading “A Fine Pie”
Say
Say you’re worried but know you’ve done all you can do. Say you’re tired because you were up part of the night with a sick child. Say you’re wondering if anything you’ve done has been right. Say you’ve thought this before. Say you believe… Continue Reading “Say”
Unhappy Here, Unhappy Anywhere
Chronic Crisis in this week’s Milwaukee Journal Sentinel tells the story of a mother and her 25-year old son with mental illness. He is not so severely ill that involuntary commitment is appropriate but cannot function well in the community even with a case… Continue Reading “Unhappy Here, Unhappy Anywhere”
Slice
This is the world according to a child. A piano is where all of the stuffed animals need to line up and stay put until the weekend is over and someone else puts them back in the box. They look happy there and, oddly,… Continue Reading “Slice”
Today at the Beach
Today at the beach, I saw something that made me glad and grateful and pretty right with the world. A young woman, her husband, their little boy, who was maybe three or four years old, and their little white dog on a leash were… Continue Reading “Today at the Beach”
Who Owns Baby Veronica?
A South Carolina couple was declared the winner in a long court battle this week and the prize was a human being. So the human being in this case, her name is Veronica and she’s three, will have to pack her bag, give her… Continue Reading “Who Owns Baby Veronica?”
Snow Door | wisconsinacademy.org
Listen to Jan read her essay “Billy” presented on WUWM’s Lake Effect
Jan’s essay “At the Breakfast Bar” on WUWM Lake Effect
Jan’s essay “The Parish Hall,” on WUWM Lake Effect
“Fury Cannot Touch Me,” Modern Love, NYT, 9/29/11
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