Family Life

Micah is learning to walk. He’ll wander around as far as he can go, supported by furniture or the assorted parental leg. Sometimes he’ll stand unassisted for a second or two, and occasionally he’ll take a free step between one support and the next. He takes great delight in pushing the limits of his skills, [...]

These days Daniel flies into a fit of rage at the slightest provocation, usually when he doesn’t get his own way. The unusual thing is not that it happens, but that it’s so extreme. The cause can be the most innocuous thing imaginable, such as giving him an orange vitamin pill when he wanted a [...]

Last century my mother tried to teach me to play the piano. I’m sad to say I had no interest whatsoever, and after endless frustration on both our parts she gave up. I can’t rightly say I gave up, seeing as I never really tried in the first place. Looking back, I wish I’d put [...]

Debbie phoned me at work this afternoon: she was just too exhausted to prepare tonight’s dinner. She had something for the kids, but couldn’t we do something special, just the two of us?
Of course we could. I phoned a restaurant we like and ordered one of our favourite meals, for pick-up. By the time I [...]

The kids get their hair cut by our friend Eleanore. She hasn’t fared well this winter, being sick more often than not, so the boys have grown shaggier and shaggier. A couple of weeks ago Eleanore’s husband remarked that she’d better get well soon, as they were starting to look like little street urchins.
At long [...]