Family Life

We had invited several of our neighbours to come sing Christmas carols with us tonight. I printed up some song sheets, Debbie made snacks, we hurried the boys through their dinner and rushed around tidying up. And nobody came. I didn’t know whether to be relieved or disappointed. So we gathered our three children around [...]

A week ago I wondered how, as a family, we could recapture the true Spirit of Christmas. I mentioned it at church on Sunday morning, and after the service Andy suggested I hold a neighbourhood carol sing: Invite the neighbours in to sing Christmas carols around the piano. Be a witness in our community. Share [...]

I got home after two days away, weary from a pair of twelve-hour shifts capped off by three hours on the highway in the dark. I’d been trying to hurry home, trying to arrive before the boys went to bed. I hadn’t seen them for a while. I missed them. They’d just finished their bath [...]

I’m home again, after a whirlwind trip out west where I got to see the interior of my Hotel and the airport’s domestic terminal. It was beautifully bright and clear when I flew out though, and I was surprised how easily I could pick out landmarks from the one day Debbie and I spent in [...]

We were driving home this evening, about a mile from home, when Joel, 2, spoke up: “I can see our home!” We spent a minute trying to convince him that he couldn’t actually see home from here, we were too far away. But he kept insisting, “I can see our home!” He was pretty pleased [...]