Folly. Food. Football. As I was wading through the never-ending internet versions of “24 Hours in Manchester” and “11 Instagram-worthy Spots” (for the record, you will not find me clicking on the latter), I came across a blog by a local Mancunian I can no longer find. In any event,…
Yes, I started writing this on June 7th, the day you graduated from eighth grade. And yes, today’s August 17th, your first day of high school. *Uh, what??* You showed up with parent homework for ME. Good thing I love high school. So here I am, finishing my self-assigned homework…
Our trip to England began with folly and fell face first into food. Jacob’s fourteen and his interests are eating and sleeping. And eating. So, I embarked on the spontaneous planning of a Man City Mother Son Food Tour. Now it’s important to note the following Eighthgradeish ranking scale: Before…
We covered a lot of ground our first few days in London. And a lot of underground. I’ve been to London several times and have always struggled to get my bearings and a true sense of the city. This time I realized it’s because of all the tunneling around and…
We’re back! And we had the best time on our trip to England. I’ve always found it hard to recap a ten-day trip so I’m going to take it in bite-sized pieces… which is quite fitting. But we’ll cover that later. After a stop in Phoenix where Nate noticed our…
It recently dawned on me that the Missing Project is never done. It will never be checked off. I will always miss James and there is no way to skip this part. To speed it up, or jump to the end. It’s my soul’s laundry hamper. The Missing Project is…
A couple of years back, we had an unfortunate encounter with Rat Bacon. And it’s now the pinnacle of Fucillo Family Folklore… eliciting enthusiastic reenactments and giddy giggles as I fight to control my gag reflex. Meanwhile, last Saturday evening, the sun begins to set. We’re enjoying our post-dinner interests…
Every time I see a box of Kleenex, I’m reminded of James’ last few days at home. He sees the box and says to me, “We’re going to need a lot more of those.” Oh that guy. So back in 2016, I looked through every single page of Etsy results…
I lost the trust I had in my own body.I tore down our house.I lost my job.I lost my health insurance.I lost my life insurance.I lost my business.I lost my boss.I lost my work best friend. And our team.I lost the shop.I lost the love of my life.I lost the…
Speaking of movie quotes… this is undeniably one of my top personal weaknesses. It has inspired true disappointment in the eyes of countless guy friends as they strategically insert the perfect movie quote into a conversation and I smile… but not with my eyes. They can’t believe me. How can…