Kneeling on the dirty living room rug, the twins swarm and climb on my back, my legs, my shoulders. With focused determination I slowly piece together a ridiculously complicated floor puzzle. Over time a large smiling farmer perches happily atop a John Deere...
Don’t tell my two-year-olds, but in a classic case of role-reversals, I’ve been writing on the walls while they nap. It all started in the morning when I woke in the darkness and smacked my head straight into the wall of things I hadn’t done...
“Of course, there’s the coming-down too. Backwards.” And then he said: “Which would be difficult . . .” “Unless one fell . . .” “When it would be . . .” “EASY.” – from In Which Tiggers...
The beginning of the good news of Jesus Christ, the Son of God . . . John the baptizer appeared in the wilderness, proclaiming a baptism of repentance for the forgiveness of sins. Mark 1:1-4 adapted I met my friend in the wilderness the other night. Well, it...
I had just emptied the dishwasher and was bent, filling it with plates and forks from lunch when I heard the loud crash. It happened during those few quiet moments of contentment, when the sunlight pours through the kitchen windows and the three boys, with sated...
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