Family Balance Sheet

JUNE 26, 2013

I took an unexpected blog break last week because of the death of my grandfather. TV wasn''t an option for summer entertainment for my brother & I, because we grew up before cable TV. This summer, their only organized activities are 2 one week morning camps at the Y and a one week VBS. Summers were carefree and also cheap.

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Kids and Family Brother Grandfather Parenting 113

Saving With Shellie

MARCH 26, 2015

She survived—and famously testified that her fifteen-year-old brother, Ben, was the killer. Edith Prior’s tape blew the lid off the secret history of the factions and how they evolved to be the organizing force in society. Dark Places by Gillian Flynn – $2.99 I just finished this a few weeks ago and thought it was good.

Libbys 40

Libbys Boys Kids and Family Grandfather 40

For the Mommas

OCTOBER 7, 2014

So when a baby lands on the doorstep of the Texas Brand, his first question is which younger brother is in for a butt-kicking? With a self-absorbed mother, an estranged father, and an older brother on the other side of the world, only the unlikely friendship with his grandfather can lure Jacob back home.

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Grandfather Cheap Brother Father 55