Avoiding you like the stomach bug

I ended up spending the entire first weekend of the New Year at home with a stomach virus.  Not fun.  It seemed as if every hour on the hour I was in the bathroom throwing up whether I had anything to throw up or not.  Miserable would properly describe the weekend.
The worst part is that I [...]

Who on earth did I marry?

As I listened to NPR on the way to work I heard a report about a Muslim couple in an arranged marriage.  At one point the reporter comments,
To see this husband and wife move about their Virginia home in total sync, finish each other’s sentences, tend to their 2-year-old daughter, you’d never think they hadn’t [...]

Cave Dwellers

My dad recently shared an interesting story with me about my great-grandparents.
Apparently, there was a cave close to my great-grandparent’s home.  In the middle of heated arguments my great-grandfather would stand up, announce he was tired of all the fighting, and would be moving into the cave as soon as possible.
The idea of a gruff old [...]