Elephants Never Infest, Louse

“Well, the bad news is that you’ve definitely got a Pediculus pachydermis – elephant louse.” “Yuck, totally gross, like it has some weird tentacle thing hanging off the front!” “Yes, you’ve found its trunk. On the plus side, once we remove the louse, you shouldn’t get a recurrence. Elephants never infest.” Don’t forget to read “For the Love of Lice” Read More

Elephants Never Infest, Louse

“Well, the bad news is that you’ve definitely got a Pediculus pachydermis – elephant louse.”

“Yuck, totally gross, like it has some weird tentacle thing hanging off the front!”

“Yes, you’ve found its trunk. On the plus side, once we remove the louse, you shouldn’t get a recurrence. Elephants never infest.”


Don’t forget to read “For the Love of Lice” by Amy Alexander, a story about facing life’s problems – great and small – as a family.

And check out “Leaving for College” by Kim Luxoro, a parent’s letter to her child about things to never forget.

Leaving for College

My only daughter is leaving for her 1st year of college… By Kim Luxoro Tonight when you were at work, Taylor, I walked by your bedroom. From the hallway I saw the usual dirty (and quite possibly clean) clothes on the floor, the laundry baskets full of clean clothes, empty shopping bags from Victoria’s Secret, and that overflowing garbage can. Read More