Family Life

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 [...]

Debbie took Joel grocery shopping today, while I stayed home with Daniel and Micah. Micah was in bed having a nap, so I was essentially alone with Daniel. He had me all to himself, a rare occurrence. Joel and Micah are very demanding of my attention, while Daniel is the most self-sufficient of the three [...]

When I dug out the driveway last night, my intent was to make sure we could leave this morning to go to church. Before setting out, however, we got a phone call to tell us the morning’s service was canceled. Everybody was still digging themselves out from yesterday’s snowfall. We live on a main street [...]

I took the boys to the Auto Show today. I went with Daniel last year and he really enjoyed it. He’d been looking forward to it again this year. I wasn’t sure whether to take Joel. Daniel had been talking about it for weeks, but Joel hadn’t even asked if he would or could go. [...]

With so much snow outside, Debbie thought it was a crime to spend a Saturday cooped up inside. Funny, I thought exactly the opposite. What better reason to be warm and dry indoors than when it’s cold and snowy out there? But she would not be reasoned with. She shooed all the boys out the [...]