Tag: family

  • Anne-other Opening

    broken legThe hair is red.

    The gables are green.

    The clothing is Late 19th Century-Eastern-Canadian-hick.

    Hey kids—let’s put on a show!

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  • Miracle on Yale Drive

    Presents

    ‘Twas the next billing cycle, and havoc was wrought

    To our finances by all the stuff that we’d bought.

    I tried to be good; I strove to be frugal;

    Still, you would think that I thought I owned Google. (more…)

  • Family Worship

     

    Praying Hands

    O.K., this time there will be no rabbit trails.  In my last post, I started to talk about our family’s worship experience, and I got distracted by the issue of sleep.

    I love sleep.

    Anyway, it is a bit ironic that I got distracted when I was talking about worship.  You see, my family always gets distracted when we attempt to worship. (more…)

  • Painful Togetherness

     

     

    Mountain - Alaska's Denali

    Hiking is a great way to damage those you love.  From time to time I forget this, and I take my family out on “Togetherness” hikes.  You think I would learn.  You see, I have a problem with remembering things like distance and difficulty.  The beautiful thirty-minute stroll that I remember turns out to be a three day slog of despair.

    The walk my kids fondly refer to as, “The Killer Death Hike” took place about five years ago, (more…)