Family Life

Debbie and I had come to a (mostly) unspoken agreement that the boys were too young to go trick or treating along our street. This afternoon people at work were rushing to get home early to dress their kids in their costumes, to go out hunting for candy. I smiled to myself because this wasn’t [...]

I took the boys out tonight to a local farm to pick out a pumpkin. There were stacks of pumpkins all beautifully arranged on hay bales inside an old barn. There were more stacks on wooden pallets outside. Oh, the fun! Climbing around the pumpkins. Walking around inside the barn. Talking a mile a minute. [...]

Today Micah started on solids. Mind you, the word “solids” is relative. These are the runniest solids I’ve ever seen. If you or I had this diet, they’d say we were on liquids. But it’s a memorable occasion for a small baby, as he graduates from being exclusively breast-fed to venture into the wonderful world [...]

Home, sweet home! We’re back again, after a mere 11 hours on the road today. There were less hold-ups along the way than on Friday, so our trip home was shorter by two hours. I had been worried about how the kids would deal with such a long trip, but I needn’t have been so [...]

We had our annual Gloria Music board meeting today. Imagine a long oak table, in a room paneled with dark wood. High-backed leather executive chairs surround the table, and there’s a leather blotter at each place. Notepad and pen lie on each blotter, with a glass in the corner. There are a couple of mints [...]