Family Life

Concerned as I am about giving a right spiritual response to day-to-day difficulties, what really occupies my thoughts is fear of failure. Failure to meet deadlines. Failure to do a good job, to make a mistake, to look stupid. Failure to win at office politics and become an outcast. Failure to properly parent my children [...]

Good news! Today’s work day was just under 12 hours, instead of the 14-16 hours I’d been dreading. It meant that I could come home and eat dinner at a reasonable hour, and tuck the boys into bed. That’s always a highlight. And my cold is no worse than it was yesterday. It’s no better [...]

I now have Daniel’s cold. And I have a long day at work tomorrow, 14 hours or so. Debbie is not doing any better. She has come down with the cold as well, as have Joel and Micah. And Micah is cutting a second tooth, sharing his misery at length and at volume. Daniel is [...]

The last few weeks have been very busy. At work I started out with a long list of small jobs to do, loose ends to clean up, maintenance, troubleshooting, upgrades, some of it necessary, some of it just good customer service, good PR. I’m in the thick of it now, halfway through the list, and [...]

I went to see the optometrist again today. I have a one-year paid membership at the local university clinic. Every time I go I’m attended by a new student, but I make sure I schedule my appointments so they always coincide with the same supervisor. That provides some continuity with my treatment. I like the [...]