Cranial Meltdown Revived

My brother Russell is an auto mechanic living in Northern Virginia, working on Acuras. Many of my Russell stories are included in my post about my brother Kevin. The three of us hung out a lot until I left for college.
Russell is the fifth child in our family, and he is the youngest of […]

This is the fifth post in the series of family stories I’m writing. This time, I’m going to tell a couple of stories about my brother Kevin. Kevin is currently living in Korea with his wife Pat and his five-year-old son Paul. Kevin was also a Marine (he and Kara signed up the same summer, […]

This is the fourth post in my series of family stories. It’s time to tell a story or two about my sister Kara. She currently lives in North Carolina with her 4 year old daughter Michaela. Kara served in the Marines for several years, and recently worked as a preschool teacher. This fall she is […]

This is the third in my series of family stories. It’s now my lucky brother Michael’s turn. And boy have I got stories about him!
Michael is 1 year and 9 months younger than me. When my parents brought this strange creature home from the hospital, I couldn’t pronounce “Michael” so he was “Buckles” to me.
To […]

This is the second in the series of stories about my family.
There really aren’t too many funny stories about my mom. In fact, the only one I can think of is about her trip to Señor Frog’s a few years ago, and she would probably rather I didn’t tell that story. So instead of telling […]

I was thinking early this morning about some of the funny stories from my childhood, and how I’d like to be able to preserve them. The crazy thought popped into my brain to start sharing them on my blog, so I plan to write a post about each one of my family members with at […]