Family Life

Micah is learning to walk. He’ll wander around as far as he can go, supported by furniture or the assorted parental leg. Sometimes he’ll stand unassisted for a second or two, and occasionally he’ll take a free step between one support and the next. He takes great delight in pushing the limits of his skills, [...]

Last century my mother tried to teach me to play the piano. I’m sad to say I had no interest whatsoever, and after endless frustration on both our parts she gave up. I can’t rightly say I gave up, seeing as I never really tried in the first place. Looking back, I wish I’d put [...]

We took the kids to an Easter program this afternoon at one of the area’s big churches. We were curious to see how the boys would behave, whether they’d be interested, bored, or what. Besides, Easter is an excellent time to focus on Jesus’ crucifixion and resurrection, and we saw it as an educational opportunity. [...]

Micah is growing up. A little while ago he got the hang of proper crawling, and now he’s a speedy baby, zooming off with great haste to where he’s not supposed to be. The more he’s forbidden the faster he’ll go. It’s a manifestation of his contrary nature coupled with the new-found skill of locomotion. [...]

I received another lesson in Hungarian today. A standard greeting ends in “eshti”, which is the “And You” part of “How are you today?” “Fine. And you?” You have to be careful not to say “ashti”, which roughly means “Be nice to me (or else)”. The French guys told me that the French expression for [...]