Family Archives — Moments pertaining to family.
· 11 August 2006 | 94 words
"So, what did you get for your birthday?" a friend asked. "I got a domain name!" replied my oldest daughter. She searched for months for the perfect domain name. She wanted something different but personal, easy to say and...
· 11 July 2006 | 76 words
For weeks, this one billboard only said, "I pooted." We thought it was the oddest thing to put on a billboard. Child #1 had her suspicions. Sure enough, the other night we saw the rest of the sign. It...
· 5 July 2006 | 249 words
Yesterday, we helped our oldest child buy her first car. She's a sophomore in college and the time has come when she really needs one. Plus we are, or at least she is, tired of borrowing the family mini-van. Today,...
· 30 March 2006 | 951 words
We were on our way home. We took the country road around the lake to avoid a dozen stop signs. Just five miles away from home, about eights minutes, with only two stop signs. Only another car or two on...
· 10 February 2006 | 319 words
Recently talking to a colleague about parents and grandparents, I was reminded of my Grandpa Joe. He died in the late 1980s of old age. He slowly became senile in the last four or so years of his long and...
· 10 January 2006 | 208 words
Last night, we received some badly needed precipitation in the form of snow. In my area, it was just a ground covering. The streets were just wet. Up north and west of the city, they received up to 6-8 inches....
· 29 December 2005 | 86 words
With it being such an exceptionally warm day for late December, and the grass fires a safe ten or so miles away, the three younger kids and I went to play in the park at a nearby lake. Afterwards,...
· 23 December 2005 | 63 words
My oldest is home from her first semester of college. (yeah!) Her and the three-year old were goofing around while they were watching James and the Giant Peach. The telephone rang and she noticed it was an 888 number....
· 15 October 2005 | 326 words
Last November, my dad came to spend Thanksgiving with us. I remember this sense of security come over me when he entered the door to my house. I felt it deep inside, and it reminded me of that sense of...
· 29 June 2005 | 17 words
We bought our oldest daughter a computer for graduation. She has really put her head into it....
· 5 September 2004 | 69 words
Child #4 will turn two years old next month. He does not yet talk, but he understands nearly everything you say. He says a couple pseudo-words like "yuts" for look, and "buh-buhr" for the dog's name, Baxter. He doesn't...
· 28 August 2004 | 159 words
Along with my many responsibilities of being a teacher in a small, catholic high school, I drive a small school bus for a morning route. Due to moving the beginning of the school day a half hour earlier this year,...
· 6 July 2004 | 127 words
I have this habit of occasionally teasing my kids, particularly my two older daughters, of not being graceful. (Sometimes in the appropriate moment, some of my students get it too.) When one of them trips or drops something or does...
· 17 June 2004 | 6 words
Photo of three baby birds in a mud and twig nest built on the side of a brick wall.
· 12 June 2004 | 148 words
A pair of little, brown swifts (maybe swallows) have built a little mud nest near our front door. Yesterday, the four five little chicks could be seen peaking over the edge. Make a noise and they open their beaks....
· 16 February 2004 | 132 words
My sixteen-year old daughter is a junior at the high school where I teach. It has been a cool experience to have her there. The other day, the school's chaplain, Fr. Scott, told me that when he hears the song...
· 30 January 2004 | 0 words
· 12 November 2003 | 271 words
"Old Man" Malcolm died yesterday. He was 17.5 years old. Pretty good for a cat. Massive stroke. Maybe a brain mass. Vet wasn't sure. It was bad whatever it was. Best thing for him was to put him to sleep....
· 11 October 2003 | 440 words
It was too quiet, way too quiet. The two boys, a toddler of three years and a baby about to turn one next week, were in the bedroom. They were playing and giggling just a moment or two ago. Now...
· 5 August 2003 | 205 words
Child number 4, almost ten months old now, has reached a milestone. He can now eat Cheerios on his own! Now that does not sound like a very big accomplishment compared to learning to walk, but learning how to eat...
· 26 June 2003 | 80 words
It is interesting to experience the phenomenon of time compression around a traumatic event like a car accident. The adrenalin rush seems to help you remember every tiny little thing that happens within one second. It feels like the experiences...
· 22 March 2003 | 313 words
I apologize before hand for the cat picture and story. It seems like a lot of weblogs have at least one entry about their pets. Here's mine....
· 13 March 2003 | 539 words
My two-and-half year old son broke his arm last night. He and I were running across the parking lot at McDonalds because a kind lady had stopped and motioned us across in front of her car. I was holding his...
· 2 January 2003 | 508 words
I turned 40 today. Up until three and half years ago, I was dreading this day....
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