by Susan Annette Smith | Feb 16, 2015 | All My Children Are "Groan"
I have three beautiful daughters, all grown up with families of their own. I love them more than they know, but they give me a lot to groan about.
by Susan Annette Smith | Sep 25, 2015 | All My Children Are "Groan", Miscellaneous Malarkey
For better or worse, the old-fashioned telephone conversations I grew up with have gone the way of the twenty-two inch waistline I also grew up with. They’ve been replaced by texting, in my opinion, a slacker way of communicating (sort of like when you...
by Susan Annette Smith | Aug 19, 2015 | All My Children Are "Groan"
Wherever you live, summer is what is it. In our area, die-hard gardeners get overrun by zucchini squash this time of year. Plant one seed, and the next thing you know, the vines are overtaking the yard. Give them one little sip of water, and they’re...
by Susan Annette Smith | May 17, 2015 | All My Children Are "Groan"
In honor of Mother’s Day last week, I have decided to cut my adult daughters some slack. Instead of groaning about the myriad odd little things they do to keep me on my toes, make sure I don’t die of boredom, and reinforce my desire to run off to Tahiti, I...
by Susan Annette Smith | Mar 12, 2015 | All My Children Are "Groan"
My middle daughter called a few days ago to ask why her chicken and rice didn’t taste like my chicken and rice. I think that’s what she wanted, but I wasn’t sure because she stopped every two or three words to yell at her kids. I’d told her how...
by Susan Annette Smith | Mar 9, 2015 | All My Children Are "Groan"
So, seriously, what can you expect from a day that begins with your reasonably intelligent daughter calling to tell you that her carton of milk, with its expiration date of this very day, poured chunks all over her morning bowl of Captain Crunch? In retrospect, I...
by Susan Annette Smith | Mar 9, 2015 | All My Children Are "Groan"
Today baby girl’s call was different. I woke up to the knowledge that the San Antonio Zoo was celebrating its 100th birthday and had installed a carousel. I think my daughter said that lions had replaced the horses, or maybe the carousel has only one lion, or...
