Family Life

It has been quite a year. 2008 was the year Debbie & I got very little sleep because Micah (pictured here) was prone to cry all night. Things weren’t too rosy from Micah’s side of the fence either. He probably managed a total of two months out of the year in perfect health. The rest [...]

I asked Daniel to come brush his teeth. It was bedtime, and he came along cheerfully with no objections. He was in the middle of telling me an involved story, and once Daniel gets talking he forgets himself, forgets to object about going to bed, forgets everything except the story. Single-minded. Anyway, on the way [...]

We went to an engagement shower this afternoon. A friend of mine, Deb, is getting married in May, and some of her friends took advantage of the fact that she was in town for Easter and organized the event. It was fun. Low-key, friendly, lots of laughter. The happy couple live in Texas, a long, [...]

I’d been asleep for half an hour already when Debbie came to bed at about 1:00 am last night. We’re not terribly good at going to bed at a sensible hour. Sometimes we blame it on the kids, but mostly it’s procrastination. Anyway, Debbie was drifting off to sleep when she heard something that woke [...]