Family Life

The kids get their hair cut by our friend Eleanore. She hasn’t fared well this winter, being sick more often than not, so the boys have grown shaggier and shaggier. A couple of weeks ago Eleanore’s husband remarked that she’d better get well soon, as they were starting to look like little street urchins.
At long [...]

Today was our first normal Sunday in weeks. We went to the normal services at the normal times, participating in the normal activities. Last Sunday everybody was snowed in. The week before I was stuck in Frankfurt. Before that I was in Hungary. The Sunday before that we had bad weather and there was hardly [...]

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 up [...]

I went and saw the optometrist again today, and came home with some new procedures and solutions to add to my growing collection. It’s starting to get complicated, so I thought I’d gather everything together for a photo.
In the lower right there are three bottles of drops. The green one is one drop per eye, [...]

There’s not a lot I can recommend about the responsibilities of adult life, particularly the responsibilities of a parent. The to-do list never ends. First there are the general essentials: grocery shopping, cooking, washing dishes, laundry, ironing, vacuuming, going to work every day. Then there are the parent-specific essentials: dressing kids, feeding kids, taking them [...]