Quondam

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Control the K!

Kallan is all annoyed, “Maj put too many ice cubes in my glass.”

Mark sighs, “Kallan, you have to learn how to let the little stuff go.  Worry about the big things.  Ice cubes are little.  Get over it.”

Maj snorts, “Good advice, Baby K.  Let the little stuff go.  You should write that …Control the K!

    Pat, pat, pat

    I woke the other morning with serious lower back pain.

    Just hideous.

    I figured I had pulled something without realizing it, so I just tried to take it easy.

    By the end of the day, I began to make plans in my mind for a new mattress.  Or a new desk chair.  I just …Pat, pat, pat

    Fringe!

    I remember visiting Kallan’s Kindergarten class for an Open-House event one evening and pausing a moment to look at the bulletin board that hung outside the room.

    The banner headline read . . . Our Dreams of the Future!

    All of the kids had drawn pictures of what they dreamed of being when …Fringe!

    Ham-armed and giggling

    I’m sitting on the couch.  I have my laptop balanced on my lap, a cup of coffee in one hand, and I am typing one-handed messages to a friend.  The smaller dog is snuggled next to me, napping after finally accepting that I will not allow him to sip from my cup.

    Mark walks …Ham-armed and giggling

    Stone’s cast

    Kallan watches as I hunt for the perfect smooth flat stone from the river’s edge.

    She is doubtful, “So you’re saying you can make it skip along the surface of the water?”

    “Yeah, hold on. I can’t believe I never showed you this before.  It’s very cool.”

    She brings me a bunch of round …Stone’s cast