The other morning I entered my room to find Blythe nuzzled in my bed “reading” a little Fredrick Beuchner; it must have been the title...

Recently while entering the local SAMS club, Liam and Burke stopped in front of the giant screens greeting us, where Liam informs me and Burke, “they’re just trying to...

Sometimes parenting (or cleaning/organizing a house with) young children feels Sisyphean: that I, just like this mythological man, am striving to push this boulder up a hill, only...

My brother Jordan proposed to his girlfriend, Christa, this Christmas. This new and blithely surprising news must have left Jordan feeling invincible, later evidenced  on...

My younger brother, Josh, had heart surgery last Monday for a congenital heart defect only recently discovered. (He’s now back at home in Keller recovering really...

If Blythe has ever heard Shakespeare’s infamous metaphor about the world being a stage, she has no doubt taken it literally, of course delegating herself to...

Liam has had a loose tooth for the last few weeks, which he has managed to diligently wiggle in regular intervals throughout the day, knowing that somehow, this...

The last few weeks I’ve watched Blythe remove herself from varied activities to go sit down against a wall or in a random corner, only to declare,...

The other day I overheard the boys having a discussion with Mark about the meaning of “being rich.” As Mark tried to explain the different...

this is mark.  not bethany.  she doesn’t know i’m typing this, even so, i’ll keep it nice and clean so she won’t get frustrated or...