Family Life

I took the boys to their swimming lesson tonight, the first time for me this season. They started classes last week, but I was away in California and Debbie took them instead. It’s always a rush on a swimming night, urging the boys to hurry up and eat their dinner, packing a bag with towels, [...]

My vacation is running out! That was this morning’s panic thought. Over a week ago Debbie had asked me what I wanted to do with my time off, so I’d made a list. Reviewing that list this morning, I realized I’d hardly even touched those things. In fact, I hadn’t even had time to catch [...]

The book I’m currently reading listening to involves a large family of very bright people. The kids are very different from each other, but they’ve all grown up to careers in science: a physicist, a research biologist, an anthropologist. Except one. He’s grown up to be a worker in a brick factory. It’s not until [...]

Tonight was the last swimming class for the season. It went much as before, Daniel thoroughly enjoying it, Joel still very wary of the water but dutifully doing all he was told (and probably enjoying it in a guarded sort of way). Both boys were looking forward to more swimming. Daniel climbed out of the [...]

I took the boys out tonight to a local farm to pick out a pumpkin. There were stacks of pumpkins all beautifully arranged on hay bales inside an old barn. There were more stacks on wooden pallets outside. Oh, the fun! Climbing around the pumpkins. Walking around inside the barn. Talking a mile a minute. [...]