Brian is coming home from Qatar!

Brian's sign says "Milwaukee, Wi - 7,066 mi."

Sometime during the second week of October, our son Brian will travel home from Qatar.

The second week of October isn't tomorrow, but it feels like it.

He hasn't been in Qatar long, but it feels like it.



Brian & Liam the day Brian left before his 10-week duty with the ANG.

There will be one sweet boy happy to see his dad.

And one sweet wife.

The rest of us will be smiling too.

Godspeed, dear Brian.

I love you very much.

Gail Grenier is the author of Calling All Horses, Dog Woman, and Don't Worry Baby, all available from Amazon.com.

Broken by the heat

In September 2003, Mike & I went to “Festivals Acadiens” in Lafayette, Louisiana. Our aim was to spend three days dancing to live Cajun bands. That we did.

But we did something more.

We sweated.

We sweated like we had never sweated before. We were dancing all day long outdoors, on grass, to live Cajun bands. We couldn’t believe the heat. It was 88 degrees Fahrenheit and so humid we could hardly breathe. Still we danced along with hundreds of people old and young who surrounded us in a happy throng.

Then we heard a guy nearby saying, “Thank God the heat broke.”

What?