Family Life

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 [...]

When I dug out the driveway last night, my intent was to make sure we could leave this morning to go to church. Before setting out, however, we got a phone call to tell us the morning’s service was canceled. Everybody was still digging themselves out from yesterday’s snowfall. We live on a main street [...]

So I’m stuck in yet another hotel room. I’d been so looking forward to getting home, too. The plan was to arrive home this afternoon, changing planes in Frankfurt along the way. Instead, I got to look out the terminal window as my plane pushed back from the jetway on its way home without me. [...]

This morning dawned sunny and clear. Not warm enough for shirt sleeves, but positively balmy when I recalled the foot of snow covering the ground at home. My feet protested when I stepped out of bed, still sore from yesterday’s hike. Better get used to it, feet. There’ll be a lot more walking today. Breakfast [...]

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 [...]