Christmas 2022

The Meyers.  2022. And then there was one.  It’s hard to call Christian “Little Christian” anymore because he is taller than I am.  And he is in that phase of teenage-hood where boys speak in a weird mix of grunts and words that I have to look up in the urban dictionary. He just looked…

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Merry Christmas – 2021

COVID year 2 has mostly been more normal than year 1.  I wish I could get videos into this letter (a lot of the year was on Zoom) but I can find text messages!  Which became our connective tissue even more than it was before.  Thusly, welcome to a glimpse of 2021 via the Meyer…

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Texts

Interchange tonight between Ben and Griffin.

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Christmas 2020

Teaching your children to drive is a unique combination of curiosity, pride and terror.

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Coronavirus Diaries: Day 3

Polly is supposed to be on a virtual book club. Apparently hasn’t read the book. So Griffin is following her around the kitchen reciting the spark notes. Somehow this doesn’t strike me as quite the literary magic that was intended – especially since Griffin keeps inserting his own commentary. Like “I don’t understand why she…

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Coronavirus Diaries: Day 2

So after the nipple dinner conversation we decided that some structure might be nice. Everyone needed to show up to the dinner table with some interesting topic that they learned about during the day. Polly started with the history of the Vikings pointing out that Scandanavia didn’t include Finland but did include Denmark. That was…

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Coronavirus Diaries: Day 1

“What’s the tip of your nipple called?” Dinner.  First day schools have been cancelled.  Of apparently many more days to come. “Why on earth is is that what’s on your mind?” Isn’t there a lawyer rule that you’re not supposed to ask a question you don’t really want to know the answer to? “Well, I…

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Christmas 2019

The Meyers.  2019. Why can’t you use your shower?” “I need the space.  I worry that I might miss things.” “Miss things?” “Like with shower gel.  I may need more coats.” I look at Griffin.  Who talks like this? “Hello parental unit.” I guess his brother. “The mother unit is unable to come to the…

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