Family Life

POST OF AN OLD DRAFT. Originally dated Tuesday, April 15, 2008.
I bought Debbie a puzzle for her birthday. She loves puzzles, and I didn’t want to insult her intelligence with something too easy. So I picked one I thought would present a bit of a challenge and hoped she’d find it interesting. Little did I [...]

POST OF AN OLD DRAFT. Originally dated Monday, April 14, 2008.
Debbie recently took Daniel to a piano concert at the central library. He’s learning to play, and she wanted him to see the talent and abilities of a concert-caliber musician. Besides, she wanted to attend the concert herself, and “furthering Daniel’s education” was a good-enough [...]

POST OF AN OLD DRAFT. Originally dated Sunday, April 13, 2008.
Sunday evenings are a little different now. Instead of the usual church service, we meet together for prayer. Still the same venue, but instead of a congregation sitting in orderly rows facing the front, where a man stands behind the pulpit to address the crowd, [...]

This afternoon I took Joel with me on an errand, just the two of us. On the way back he asked, with a mischievous grin, if he could sit in Daniel’s seat. Sure. Why not? So with much conspiratorial laughter I buckled Joel into Daniel’s car seat, wondering what his comments would be about the [...]

This morning we moved offices into our new quarters. I’ve had a gloomy outlook on the move, and the day mirrored that mood–damp, foggy, gray. It was a bit sad leaving my old cubicle empty and abandoned. It’s nothing fancy, but I’ve been there for years and you grow attached. The actual moving was OK. [...]