A colleague today asked me how was my break, and I couldn’t help but laugh as I thought back to a singular moment that perfectly described my time home with the girls over the past 2 weeks.  It was two days before Christmas Eve, my wife was still working and I’d been home with the…

The past few days I learned (or relearned) a few important truths: you can always go home again money doesn’t solve every problem, but it sure does solve some problems just when you think things can’t get any crazier, they do, but… life, and family is always full of surprises.  oftentimes the most pleasant surprises…

What a year!   I’ve been thinking a lot lately about the need to chronicle for both myself and my posterity the events of this year…sort of as a written testimonial for how good God has been, and how much we have to be thankful for.  When my daughters grow older, I want them to…

Yesterday evening, our family sat and watched the evening news after dinner.  As images rolled across the screen of the heartache in Paris, I kept glancing over at my oldest daughter’s face to gauge her reaction.  By this point, the baby was nestled in my wife’s arms sleeping, and the news never really holds Olivia’s attention (does…

Some things are just meant to be shared.  We were sitting in church yesterday morning, (of course in the baby section in the back lol) and while we listened to the story of a fellow parishioners baptism, she said an interesting thing.  There’s a difference between a personal relationship with Christ and a private one….

Last night my wife took the baby and slept in the guest room.  I woke up 9 hours of uninterrupted sleep later, oblivious to their absence but well rested.  When I rolled over, it was the first time I realized that they were gone and I quickly figured out what had happened.  Smiling, I went…

Let’s face it, parenthood can be a tough endeavor.  We all should cut ourselves and each other some slack from time to time, and instead of judging one another spend time uplifting each other.  Because at the end of the day, probably what our society needs more than anything is empathy.  Our children will only…

So here’s the scene…I’m sitting on the floor upstairs in the loft area, London our newest baby girl is lying next to me on a little throw blanket, and I’m surrounded by 5 baskets full of clothes.  Well, at least the baskets were full before Riley and Olivia thought it was a good idea to…