[dad] Mother! have you seen the Phillips-head screwdriver?
[mum] No! The one i used was a red one!
[dad] … walks away mumbling
[mum] What did you say?
[dad] … keeps walking
The red screwdriver
Melinda J. Irvine is an Australian writer, poet, and blogger living between the Philippines and Australia. Mel is adopted mum to Jerry, a Filipino boy she met in 2015 while volunteering after Typhoon Yolanda. All the money she earns as a freelance writer and author get her one step closer to legally adopting Jerry — plus helping the other kids from his village go to school.