I just received what may well be one of the best compliments of my life.  That's not hyperbole (I hate hyperbole).  It's legit.  I'm still a little floored. I was getting the kids ready for bath time.  For us, this...

Almost every year, until I started hauling off to fun places on the opposite side of the globe, my Dad and I would pick an evening and go Christmas shopping together in Freeport, ME.  Shopping was followed by a hearty dinner...

Me, with increasing concern closing in on hysteria, “It’s in my pants…. It’s in my pants… IT is IN my pants…. IT’S IN MY PANTS!!!!”  Jack turned to look at me, wide-eyed.   In what is surely TMI, I have on...