FAMILY
I know it isn't my place to complain, but why oh why did I have to get the Childress ears?

In slightly more surprising news, I survived the Childress family reunion last summer without losing any appendages or stealing any after-dinner mints (these are firsts).

My father has developed a rather worrisome habit of flying about New Jersey (in a plane), and has plans to extend his airborne sojourns to the South Pole.   My mother is coping remarkably well, considering...