Dear Elli, I'm a little irritated today.  It must be my period coming.  (That was a joke.) I'm pissed because there are people all over...

Dear Elli, Well, we pulled off another family vacation without a single soul being physically assaulted.  We even upped the ante by...

Dear Elli, I'm raging mad right now.  I cannot actually remember the last time I was this furious. You failed your spelling test today. ...

Dear Elli, Target is selling a women's shirt that says "Trophy", and people are pissed.  People are always pissed off.  It's hard to...

Dear Elli, We have a baby bird in our house.  Her name is Sally, and she's a cardinal.  We thought she was a robin at first, but now we...

Dear Elli, Tomorrow you will be six.  Six?!?!?  What the hell happened?  I'm serious.  I really don't know what happened.  I just re-read...

Dear Elli, You were brave today. I signed you up to run an obstacle course race, and you did it.  The course was designed for kids...

Dear Elli, Something big happened last Friday.  You don't care much.  Your biggest concern these days is your upcoming 6th birthday...

Dear Elli, You just had a total emotional breakdown.  As I'm typing this, you are finally soaking in a warm bubble bath, although every...

Dear Elli, Today was your very last day of kindergarten.  And guess what!?!  You passed! I'm not actually surprised that you passed. ...

Dear Elli, Holiday weekends are great.  We usually pack a whole lot of stuff in and totally rock out.  And that's exactly what we did...

Dear Elli, For the next 21 days, I have challenged myself to a clean eating program.  I have no idea why I challenge myself to bizarre...

Dear Elli, My grandma passed away tonight, a few hours ago.  She was 92 years old, and she lived every last one of those years very well....

Dear Elli, My mom called me tonight.  She informed me that she has completed her estate planning, and I am "the boss".  You hear that? ...

Dear Elli, I have realized in recent months that I am not nearly as smooth as I thought I was.  You see, I went from kind of a decent...

Dear Elli, Sometimes I'm mean.  I was kind of mean today.  I was mean in a self righteous kind of way that I do not approve of.  I felt...

Dear Elli, Today, you punched a little boy in the face.  I'm not shitting you.  It was not an accident.  It was not involuntary in any...

Dear Elli, It's been over a month since my last letter!  This is ridiculous, and I have no excuse.  I'll try to keep this crazy log of...

Dear Elli, Happy New Year!  It's 2015!  Can you believe it?!? We just arrived home from Florida.  We went to visit Grandpa Gordon for a...

Dear Elli, Today is your class Christmas party at school.  I am the organizer of said party.  I took the day off to prepare and maybe get...