Recently, Eleanor and I were discussing a deadline for a church publicity project. A message hadn’t gotten through, and we were discussing whether we were going to have to pay a late fee for the postcards we had ordered. Just then, our son Johnny heard the discussion. Feeling the emotion in the [...]
As a new dad, it took me some time to develop the skills for just hanging out with my kids. Fortunately, I developed several ways to “cheat.” I will now share them with you.
Some parents allow their children to get tattoos at 18. I figured I’d do my best to keep even that from happening, but my son Joshua had other plans at 1-1/2.
We are very thankful for Joshua and the blessings that he has brought to our family in his first year. He’s a great kid!
This picture of my son devouring a muffin top-first is a nice reminder of what total authenticity is like. Johnny doesn’t do phony. I don’t want to either.
Actually, even though the Disneyland lines were really long on the day before Thanksgiving at the end of the 50th anniversary party year, the kids really enjoyed themselves… But, of course, the undercover pastor was checking out the scene too.
So I decided that it might be time to get him a kid-sized basketball hoop. When I mentioned it to Johnny, I expected him to be excited. “Johnny, we’re thinking about buying you an outside basketball hoop like your friend Hayden has to we can play basketball!” His reply surprised me.
My son Johnny believes he can do anything. Why don’t the rest of us feel that way anymore?
On Wednesday night, our two-year-old son Johnny had to go to the emergency room to get his first stitches. I wasn’t prepared for how traumatic it would be for him, and for Eleanor and me.
My son Johnny is only two, but I can see how much he’s changed in those two years… I can already imagine him as a teenager distancing himself from Dad, and that’s what made the moment this afternoon special.
Joshua, our six-week old baby, smiled his first smile this morning