Family Life

I knew it was going to be a long drive. Google Maps told me it would be eight and a quarter hours. I wanted to make sure I didn’t arrive too late, so I left just after lunch. Eleven and a half hours later I pulled into my hotel parking lot, bone-weary. In all that [...]

There’s no gentle way to explain this, and Debbie certainly didn’t hesitate to fill me in on all the gory details. She was in full blown rant mode before I even had a chance to take my coat off, when I walked in the door this evening. I asked if she wanted to tell the [...]

Bathroom Repairs, Part 2 Yes, I’ve filled in the hole left by the soap tray. Behind its orderly fa

One of the boys yanked on the bathtub soap tray during their bath tonight, and the whole thing pulled right out of the wall. So OK, they’re having fun in the bath, but maybe getting a little carried away, yes? It was kind of cracked and weak anyway, so I’d been expecting something like this. [...]

I had two messages on my voice mail at work today. The first was from Joel, around 11am, describing excitedly in breathless detail his success on the potty. At a certain age potty training is difficult, and small victories are to be celebrated. I can understand that. The second message was from Daniel, sometime after [...]