I have been teaching for 20 years, so I've never had to quite grow up. Three grandchildren help prevent it from happening at home as well. I write because no one tells me I can't. My children used to ask me to make up stories when we were in the car, so my story telling got quite a workout. I used to "read" them picture books, but make the story entirely different from the text. You should have seen the look on the lady's face behind us in the checkout lane one Christmas when my daughter was four, and I was "reading" Barbar gets Slaughtered. I think she almost called Child Services!

My teachers said I was an underachiever, my wife says I'm certifiable, and the only award I've ever won was the Broken Paddle award as worst canoe-er in camp.