Happy Mother’s Day

Sometimes being a mom takes all the patience in the world. Like a couple of years ago when we were getting a quick family portrait on the back deck and certain guys just weren’t into it.
Happy Mother’s Day to Sheryl. (And to all the other mothers I know…I started to make a list, but [...]

No More “Good Morning, Good Morning”: One Year Later

I WROTE THIS POST ON IFLIPFLOP A YEAR AGO TODAY. IT’S BEEN ONE YEAR SINCE MY FATHER-IN-LAW, HOWARD MOTTET, PASSED AWAY. IT’S ONE OF THOSE STRANGE TIME TELESCOPING THINGS. IN SOME WAYS, IT FEELS LIKE A LONG TIME AGO. IN OTHER WAYS, IT STILL SEEMS LIKE HE’S STILL HERE.
AT OUR HOUSE WE HAVE A BACK [...]

The Brightest and Best

Matt was inducted into the National Honor Society last night in a ceremony at his high school.
The head of the school board invoked JFK and and said, “You’re the brightest and best at one of the best schools in the country. You’re in an elite group.”
Wow. Can I say, once again, that I’m proud? I [...]

Mattman Is On a Roll

“Matthew, come down.” Sheryl was reading a letter that came from the high school.
“You have been selected to join the National Honor Society,” she read from the enclosed invitation.
That was Wednesday for Matt. That dude’s on a roll.
National Honor Society. Aces in all his classes, including a full load of AP courses. (From what Sheryl [...]