For some reason, God only knows why, Rachel is 7 going on 17 …..  This is a problem.  It all started so innocently, and I made excuses.  Most of the time it was end of the day whining.  “She’s tired” was my common explanation for this, and I am sure that she was exhausted.  Sometimes just…

Rachel has ear tubes, and this summer she has had repeated bouts of gross drainage from her ears.  Last night her ear was inflamed so badly that Bryan wanted to take her to the ER.  After a phone call to the on-call ENT, Bryan realized that this was not an emergency.  Since I am so amazing at being in 10 places at…