Tag: Family

  • Thanksgiving Projects

    As much as she loves the gathering with family and her cousins, I think my Baby’s favorite part is the projects. Published via Pressgram

  • Observing a Disaster

    Looking at toys from above, it isn’t hard to imagine my son is a monster terrorizing a village. Or parking garage. And like any good disaster movie, the fuel pumps are found on the helipad. #dpfa Published via Pressgram

  • Tick or Tweet

      Our second Halloween. You can’t tell under the wet winter coat, but he’s a train conductor! #dphw #halloween

  • 6 ways to get better at leaving work for vacation

    I am really bad at vacation. It isn’t fun for me to take. I have trouble leaving work behind. There are several reasons for this. I enjoy my work. My work is spiritually and intellectually challenging and I get a lot out of it. I also feel that there is always more to do. And…

  • Why I’m Lousy at Vacation

    This is what I discovered this summer. I really am lousy at vacation. I knew I was bad at it. I just didn’t know I was this bad. I don’t like the time away. I don’t like the extra burden before I go and after I return. I have trouble disconnecting my brain from my…

  • Not much to say

    I am preparing to go have the procedure for which I have been preparing the last 24 hours. I have to say that of all the things on my mind, one shouts out the loudest: I can’t wait for dinner tonight.

  • Do I have to fast the whole day?

    As Christian disciplines go, I am better at some than others. There is one, however, with which I am an abysmal failure. I don’t fast well. I can deny myself things. I can deny myself foods and drinks and favorites. I just can’t not eat. I need something. My blood sugar gets low, I get…

  • What I Think Of When I Look At You

    This is the picture I think of when I think of my wedding day. We took other pictures. Maybe better pictures. Certainly more “weddingy” pictures. But this one sticks for me. It is totally my favorite. It goes along with this fun, some-what private moment afterward, while the people were still in the nave, hearing…