Raising a Preemie: My Son’s Current Predicament

Yesterday my wife and I took my son Conner to an endocrinologist to discuss the fact that his bone growth is two years behind what it should be.  This is all due to the fact that my son was born at 24 weeks, weighed 1 lb. 8 oz., and was 12 inches long.  The doctor

NHRA Drag Racing: A Weekend Out With the Boys

This is the third year my son and I have made the trek to Ennis, Texas to watch in awe as top fuel nitromethane dragsters blow down the track, vibrating the hair on our arms, punching us in the chest and causing all of the car alarms in the parking lot to sound in a chorus of

The U.S. of After Chapter 51

Clayton Once we got on down the river a ways we found that there were boatloads of people with the same idea we had.  I suppose they heard about the same stories around campfires lit in places I had not traveled.  I heard accents from all over, mostly the south, but pretty much from everywhere.

The U.S. of After Chapter 40

Howard The waiting, as the song goes, is sometimes the hardest part. The first battle was difficult, but we managed to hold back the onslaught of the enemy with some success.  Clayton’s prayers were indeed answered even if some of the humans gave their lives so that the villagers could escape.  Jacob had been given

The U.S. of After Chapter 11

Ralph These two are nothing like the two men in town. I still don’t care for them, though.  She’s just a little rich girl in trouble and he’s a dork who’s trying not to die. White people. Those two white guys back in Norman were an accident.  I won’t make the same mistake twice.  I