While Mom was pulling out the lawn furniture I was taking my troop out on a much needed (nap-hookie) walk. We had gone quite a ways and I asked the girls how their legs were doing. “Are they tired?” I asked. Lina (3), from the right side of the stroller said “mine just keep bumpin’ […]

Funny things happen up here in the Great White North when the sun comes out! We have had our first spring day today with the temp getting (I think) even into the 60’s. You can feel everyone’s spirits lifting, the load lightening, and it is just plain wonderful! When it gets into the 50’s here, […]

I am proofing a book for my husband which is a commentary on the book of Hebrews. I was working away when I came to this paragraph, which I feel I must share with you all because it is so good and applies to everything, especially as we consider father hunger or mother hunger or […]

“Faults are always thick where love is thin.”
And Watson, “Fault finding is the easiest thing in the world.”

Here are the babies at four months. It isn’t your imagination - Titus really is that much bigger. Also, don’t panic about them both being in the swing, as that was only for the photo shoot. Besides, they were wanting to be together, and I was wanting to sing “zippity doo dah” to get some […]

I’ve mentioned that I think lots of women have mother hunger. But father hunger is something that may be far more pervasive. The point seems to be that mothers fail and fathers fail. And when they fail in a spectacular way, there can be spectacular results. When mothers fail, daughters grow up without the role […]