Will Work For Food

December 2014

The wall is coming fast!  Bracing for impact!!

We should have known this was coming.  It was inevitable.  If only I had done more to prepare her.  Sad to watch an illustrious career as it comes to an end. 

Don’t get me wrong, it’s not a performance thing.  By no means is she a “has been”.  Actually quite the opposite – Shelly’s undoubtedly a first ballot Hall of Famer.  It’s just that the job she assumed over 19 years ago - a role that absolutely no one else wanted at the time, will soon be obsolete.  We keep checking the classifieds for “Experienced Mom Wanted” ads…but nothing.

Back in the day when we were getting ripped out of deep sleep to change a diaper, she would have given anything for them to take care of themselves.  Now we’re faced with the opposite – (nearly) independent children.  The shock hit late last year shortly after Jake deserted us for college.  Probably about the time when Peyton started learning to drive….