We do kick him out when it's Mommy/Daddy Sheet Monster Time
March 22, 2012
The essay deals with Charlie's penchant for sleeping in between me and Scott. Under the covers. Which got a little complicated (although, it turned out, not impossible) when he had to wear a cone.
I love the way the piece turned out, and the photos may cause my heart to burst. (The medical authorities have been put on alert.) An unexpected bonus has been the nice emails from LHJ readers. NONE of them have threatened me with 1)legal action or 2) prayer, which puts them well above the Good Housekeeping crowd, or at least the readers who bothered to write (okay, there were just two of them. But a thing like that, it stays with a person).
Anyway. Welcome, new people! Please do not be frightened by my grade-school photos. Regular programming (poop jokes, neurotic rants, cat monologues) will return next week.
Tomorrow is my last post for DonorsChoose. I promise to cover both eighth and ninth grade. And, hell, beyond. Because I can't end this with my ninth grade photo. I cannot. I WILL NOT.
Reader Comments (12)
Alice, I went back a week or so ago and commented on your last Charlie post (because I thought that was a fitting place to put the comment) about how excited I was that morning during breakfast when I turned the page of my LHJ to find you and Scott and Charlie! Made my day!
Welcome to the new readers lured here by the LHJ piece. I found my way here back when you used to do your column in Redbook and I shall never leave.
Same! I was thumbing through LHJ and thought Oh hey, that dog looks like Charlie--oh my god! It is! Really great piece, enjoyed it lots!
Congrats on the LHJ piece.
Well done! Brava!
I hope the LHJ piece brings many new readers here. Alice, your writing is always a joy to read, and not just because you spell everything correctly--your voice is funny, intelligent, kind, quirky . . . in a word, pitch-perfect.
Hi Alice,
I was thrilled to find your piece in LHJ, as it's the only magazine I get. (My grandma buys it for me, because she is convinced I will write for it someday. God love the grandmas.)
I continue to enjoy your matter-of-fact humor and your raw, earthy stories about things that make me gag a little (a.k.a. dog hair in the bed). You talk about the people and people-like animals that you love dearly without overdoing the sentimentality, and without underdoing the melodrama. Which is hilarious. You have mastered the art of the parentheses, and I especially love how edgy and honest this essay is: you talk about sleeping next to your dog at night and throw in a whole, whole lot of sexual innuendos.... oh wait, maybe you DO need some prayer ;)
Speaking of being edgy and honest, I recently read your Redbook essay on having a miscarriage and it totally inspired me to write about my own. Thanks for the encouragement!
I find this all very reassuring. This weekend, we are going out to buy a king sized bed to accommodate the sleeping habits of our rescue dog, Grace. My husband and I have not slept since April of 2011. But we've also had a ridiculous amount of love come into our lives and so it all evens out. And thank god for the guest room or there would be no sheet monster time. Thanks for letting me know we are not alone in our arrangement.
Make that two paramedics to be on stand by because my heart burst with pride and joy when I ran to pick up the LHJ copy as soon as I read it was out.
SO worth the chest pains of little explosions.
Okay, confession time. Sometimes my dog falls asleep completely under my comforter, including her head. If I happen to be maybe slightly gassy that night, I just laugh and laugh to myself, because I am so getting her back for her terrible smells.
Loved the LHJ story so much I read it to my husband...while in bed with our 106 pound mastiff...who sleeps between us EVERY night:)
I <3 Charlie! :)
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