Family Life

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 [...]

Today was Parent Participation Day at swimming class. That meant I was in the water with the boys and their instructors, instead of up in the bleachers watching. Daniel and Joel wanted to know how I was going to divide my time between them. They’re in different classes, though at the same time and in [...]

Debbie took the boys for a walk this afternoon. They stopped in at the library, always a popular destination, and by the time they left it was getting dark and a light rain was falling. During the summer the boys walk to the library and back quite often. It’s way too much effort when the [...]

Concerned as I am about giving a right spiritual response to day-to-day difficulties, what really occupies my thoughts is fear of failure. Failure to meet deadlines. Failure to do a good job, to make a mistake, to look stupid. Failure to win at office politics and become an outcast. Failure to properly parent my children [...]

Good news! Today’s work day was just under 12 hours, instead of the 14-16 hours I’d been dreading. It meant that I could come home and eat dinner at a reasonable hour, and tuck the boys into bed. That’s always a highlight. And my cold is no worse than it was yesterday. It’s no better [...]