Extended summer heat has a way of looming like excess baggage. Waiting and wondering when the weather will change parallels the uncertainty of hurricane predictions. How long? How much damage? How many preparations are necessary? These questions arose during the lurking stomach virus my family endured last week. Will you escape it's wrath or are all the precautions pointless? Instead of weather weight, I've found myself carrying a familiar worry for one of my sons' physical weight. My third-born continues to vacillate between appearing healthy and thriving and lacking energy to play due to his constant low appetite and stomach pains. Every day is a wonder...which child will wake today? I recently prided myself on overcoming the fears I once held through forced confrontation. After many years of heavy burdens through pregnancy struggles, Levi's little life, and losing many things I once loved, I thought I had conquered all my fears. Yet I failed to see the many names w
The 1984 National League Championship Series was played between the San Diego Padres and the Chicago Cubs. San Diego won the series three games to two to advance to the World Series. The 1984 NLCS was the first postseason series EVER for the Padres since the franchise's beginning in 1969. Because Katie Ann Blair arrived in the world in the middle of the series, her father hence forth referred to her as Katie Cub Buster.