Tag: Tolkien
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My Knight In Shining Armor

Cal’s class had to dress up as knights, kings, and queens for school this past week. A chance to pretend, to act out a character and personality which aren’t real. How fun is it to carry a wooden sword and wear a helmet? To imagine fighting off the bad guys with your wits and your…
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The Change Train Is Moving
I knew they’d have to do it eventually. I didn’t want them to. Cal, at four, had a head full of fun curls. He’d gotten trims in his brief life, but no one had been tempted to rid him of his curly locks. It did need to happen. He struggled with seeing because of the…