Family Life

Happy New Year! Like most of the world, we were up late last night and slept late this morning. Or tried to. At eight thirty we were deafened by a herd of elephants thundering through the house. That’s what it sounded like, anyway. Our boys, being small children, don’t qualify as “most of the world” [...]

Micah has an established bedtime routine. He’ll quietly sit on his own in the playpen in our office, playing with blocks and reassured by the presence of both parents sitting at their computers. This baby has separation anxiety issues. He’s OK with being on his own as long as he’s not alone, if you get [...]

It was icy this morning, freezing rain pelting down. I headed out to church with Daniel–just the two of us–and as soon as the car backed out of the level garage onto the sloping driveway it began to slide down the hill. I wasn’t too concerned. There are snowbanks piled high on either side of [...]

The three non-sick family members went grocery shopping this morning. I took Daniel and Joel with me, giving Debbie and Micah a break from the usual Saturday morning clamor. At lunch I mentioned that I had some errands I wanted to run, and floated the possibility of again taking the two older boys. Debbie had [...]

I’ve been writing manuals for the past week, and I’m going stir-crazy with boredom. It’s like watching iron rust, only worse. I sit at my keyboard and type, and eventually just stare off into the distance, and then nod off. A minute later I’m awake again, glaring at the computer with loathing. And I go [...]