Family Ties
You know sometimes I get so focused on running around that I forget that I have a whole family out there that’s running around as well. And so on this cloudy and cold Friday I will introduce you all to my family.
Who: My Mom
Super Power: Unlimited love (even better than a Care Bear – and she does it without the weird sunshine, rainbow, flower, love tattoo thing the Care Bears have to fall back on. And she doesn’t need to count down to use her super power either.)
Favorite Saying: “Them that does naught, does naught wrong” or “Sometimes I hate being so capable, in my next life I’m coming back as a simpering useless woman.”
Celebrity most similar to: Julie Andrews (British, classy, and very rebel-nun like)
Probable Activity Tomorrow: Studying for her cardiology technician licensing exam thing (all beyond my comprehension)
Who: Oliver (2 years younger than me)
Super Power: Ability to entertain anyone at any time (seriously, this guy had old women dancing the tango at a friends wedding – no, they weren’t even drunk)
Favorite Saying: “Do you have any beer?”
Celebrity most similar to: That American Idol host (not the lame one from the first season, the good one, you know who I’m talking about, geez, what’s his name again?)
Probable Activity Tomorrow: Working on his house (ok, I say house, but I think that at the moment it’s actually a hole in the ground, but I’m sure it’s the most stylish hole in the neighborhood)
Who: Daniel (11 years younger than me)
Super Power: Ability to eat non-stop all day long (imagine the cookie monster but less blue)
Favorite Saying: “Whatever” closely followed by, “Not much” (he is a teenager after all)
Celebrity most similar to: Jesper Parnevik (great golfer, sense of style that sometimes escapes my understanding)
Probable Activity Tomorrow: Golf, golf and then, more golf - slightly obsessed that one is; leads to the dark side obsession does (* in this case the dark side is the most boring activity known to man: watching golf on tv!)








Hi Jaime! It’s fun to meet your family. I didn’t know you came from a family of superheroes!
I wish I had a family of superheros. None of mine can even fly! Do you live near or with them?
We all have a bit of superhero deep inside us (but we don’t all use it for good).
Unfortunately my family is 4,000 miles away which doesn’t give me many opportunities to profit from their super abilities.