The Gatannah Files

A few mights ago, Mal was eating Doritos right before bedtime. When he was done, it was time to brush his teeth; he complained that a chip w...

Last week, everything just felt hard. Getting Mal to take his fiber gummies... hard. Getting Mal to brush his teeth in the morning... hard...

Aaand, I think we're back. We were all on the mend, but then last weekend, I CRASHED hard. I was nauseated, fatigued, and just felt ...

Friday while I was driving Mal around, I was feeling a bit of stomach unease, and I could tell that a cold sore was trying to crop up. I tak...

Mal went to sleep last night about like normal. At 11:30, he woke up crying and coughing. After I held him for a minute and tried nursi...

On Thursday, Mal said something for the first time that he's never addressed before. We don't ask the kids "What do you want to...

It's 4:50 AM and I've been awake for about an hour. Mal woke up sick, and fortunately didn't seem to feel too terrible. I cleane...

Yesterday morning, as usual, Mal didn't want to leave home. This time it was to go to church. He generally doesn't handle transition...

I'm going to answer a question literally no one has asked, but I'm sure it's only because people are too polite to ask. Well, or...

This is nasty, all of it. So don't read it. It's mostly just for me. My son got over the upchucking part of being sick after six t...

Happy Valentine's Day! We had a great weekend... Saturday morning, I got out with Mal and we picked up TJ to go to the RV Expo. Went...

Spoiler alert: unless you enjoy discussing bodily fluids and the like, you might want to take a pass on this one. Hello, everyone. How are...