"Hey Mom...what are you doing?"

"I had to stop on my way to work to get gas.  Hold on, Mandy.  There's a couple with the hood of their truck up and all of their stuff out.  I'm going to see if they're okay or if they need a ride into town."  Mom put the phone down and I could hear her muffled voice, "Hi! Do you guys need any help?"

Muffled voices ( Read more... )

My dad is, technically speaking, my stepfather.  I just didn't realize it until I was in my 20's.  Now don't get me wrong.  I always knew he wasn't my biological father.  My mom didn't meet him until I was almost four. But he was always just "dad".

Well, not always...

My parents tell the story of how Mandy met Ray.  Mandy was a very head strong, ( Read more... )

I can't believe that I haven't posted about our day trip to Bakersfield to meet up with Mom and Dad ( Read more... )

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I was just talking to my mom and apparently Dad's starting reading her romance novels. He especially like Johanna Lindsey's "Mallory" series and Linda Lael Miller's "Stone Creek" series.

While I'm a huge lover romance novels, I can't help but be a bit boggled at the thought of my dad reading them. Not that he's not a reader.  On the contrary, my ( Read more... )