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Single-parent blues.(THE STRAGGLER)
AN old Scottish ditty complains that: "There's nae luck aboot the hoose, / There's nae luck at a'/ There's little pleasure in the hoose, / When oor gude man's awa'."
I can't speak to precisely that, but the Straggler household has been in a sad way these past few days owing to the absence of Mrs. Straggler. Afamily crisis in China had to be dealt with, so off went Mom, leaving Dad and the kids to care for themselves.
Mom did her best to see us through the ordeal. She spent the couple of days before her departure cooking up meals in woks and pots, sealing them up in neat plastic containers, and storing them in the family freezer. Detailed instructions were written down for expected deliveries, bills to be paid, garbage-pickup schedules, contents of school lunchboxes, the car-pooling of kids to their extracurricular activities, school concerts, grocery re-supply, houseplant watering, ...
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Source: HighBeam Research, Single-parent blues.(THE STRAGGLER)