The Holidaze

Seasons grievings and the roller coaster of emotions

2015 in review

The WordPress.com stats helper monkeys prepared a 2015 annual report for this blog. Here's an excerpt: The concert hall at the Sydney Opera House holds 2,700 people. This blog was viewed about 15,000 times in 2015. If it were a concert at Sydney Opera House, it would take about 6 sold-out performances for that many … Continue reading 2015 in review

Table for three minus one.

Being parents to an only child often looks like a cakewalk to parents of multiple children. We don't have to perform the "divide and conquer"parental technique of attending 7 soccer/lacrosse/hopscotch tournaments all 14 of our kids under the age of 12 are competing in over the course of a weekend. We don't find ourselves perennially … Continue reading Table for three minus one.

Out of the Instagrams of babes

I've been struggling all evening with what, if anything, I should write about today. Apparently, the kid did all the work for me. Couldn't have said it any better.

8pm Meetings with Grief

Grief is pissing me off. She's been totally ignoring me for the last few months. I think she's found someone else to hang out with, I don't know. Maybe I'm just being paranoid. I've been trying to get a hold of Her so we could sit down and touch base. I've wanted to check in with … Continue reading 8pm Meetings with Grief