Sherwood Family Nonsense

Brandon is gone now.  He is sitting at the Dulles Airport waiting to see if his name comes up for a wait-listed business class seat, and I...

Brandon sent me an email on Friday with the inevitable news that he is being sent back to post.  As I read the message, I was surprised by m...

I've always enjoyed reading.  I remember many, many nights where my parents would walk past my room, open the door, and tell me to ...

Today is Monday, and Monday is laundry day.  Most of the apartments in Oakwood have been renovated with laundry facilities.  Our apartment...

I have never been evacuated before.  I've lived through a few hurricanes, watched some bad thunderstorms, and once when I was in high sc...

I am a mother.  I have three children, all under five, and my children are my constant companions.  When I go to the store, they go too.  If...

When we were here in 2009 for language training, Kathleen was two and a half and Sophia was a year old.  The first warm day in March, we dec...

Yesterday I went to Target.  While wheeling my children through the aisles I picked up a can opener and a bread knife.  Last Saturday I purc...

When I was pregnant with Edwin, and a fellow mother found out that he was a boy, I almost always heard some comment to the effect that '...

This morning, I woke up next to Brandon.  Instead of sitting on a plane crossing the Atlantic, he was next to me. Approval from M has not ...