Momnesia

AUGUSTA, GA - As Emerson gets older, she gets more opinionated about what she wears. I've never been a chevron-dress-and-hair-bow kind of mom. I'd rather she DID get dirty while playing. I don't want to give her any reason not to enjoy her childhood....

Augusta, GA - Emerson and I are driving home when we pass the Shepeard Community Blood Center's Bloodmobile. "Haha!" she laughs. "Bloodmobile. What is that even for?" "Homeless vampires," I said. "They have to take the blood to them during the...

AUGUSTA, GA - Emerson has three volumes: yelling, yelling louder, and asleep. Her tween vocal stylings really drive home to me why other parebts get their tweens cell phones: to save what little hearing us old folks have left. One night,...

AUGUSTA, GA. - C.B. walked into my office. "So, tell Emerson that I watched like 5 episodes of Doctor Who." "...And?" "It's the worst show ever." "Right?! It's SO BAD." "I don't understand why it's so popular." "And it's been on for like FIFTY......