Family Life

For the parents, that is. Aiming for the 9:30 morning service at church today, we arrived at 10:45. And it wasn’t an unusual morning. There was the usual flurry of activity, getting the kids up, dressed, toileted, breakfasted, toileted again, tooth-brushed, shod, and out the door into the car. Oh, and Debbie and I also [...]

POST OF AN OLD DRAFT. Originally dated Sunday, April 13, 2008. Sunday evenings are a little different now. Instead of the usual church service, we meet together for prayer. Still the same venue, but instead of a congregation sitting in orderly rows facing the front, where a man stands behind the pulpit to address the [...]

These days Daniel flies into a fit of rage at the slightest provocation, usually when he doesn’t get his own way. The unusual thing is not that it happens, but that it’s so extreme. The cause can be the most innocuous thing imaginable, such as giving him an orange vitamin pill when he wanted a [...]

We went to an engagement shower this afternoon. A friend of mine, Deb, is getting married in May, and some of her friends took advantage of the fact that she was in town for Easter and organized the event. It was fun. Low-key, friendly, lots of laughter. The happy couple live in Texas, a long, [...]