Family Life

To be fair to Daniel I thought I should add to yesterday’s post and admit that I, too, love to accumulate stuff. Like father like son. Daniel wants toys. I need gadgets. I spend a good part of my spare time each week browsing through newspaper ads and online stores, window shopping for computer gear, [...]

An ancient Chinese curse says, “May you live in interesting times.” Well, recent days have certainly been interesting. While browsing through the last week or so of blog posts I noticed that the mood alternated between optimism and gloom almost every other day. OK. So it’s the usual roller-coaster ups and downs of life, with [...]

This small plane ended up in the bushes off the end of a grass strip. The pilot probably aborted the takeoff too late or tried to land too far down the runway. The grass was wet and there wasn’t enough space to stop. It looked like the left main gear had come off. Other than [...]

Every now and then, as I sit with the boys to pray with them before bed, Joel will ask to pray for thunder. It’s not that he likes thunder. Quite the contrary. It terrifies him. He’s only two, so with his limited vocabulary it’s hard to tell what kind of prayer he wants, exactly. But [...]