I checked the car-seat buckle for the third time. Allison, our firstborn, was thirty-six hours old and about to come home from the hospital, and I was terrified at having a living and breathing human …
A Munich Moment
I walked through the Marienplatz in Munich with the old city hall and famous glockenspiel in the center of the square that draws tourists by the millions and sets up photo ops galore. In the middle of …
The Most Lovely of all Virtues
(If you’ve ever lost a child to miscarriage, please be careful about reading further—this could be triggering and traumatic.) “A bruised reed he will not break, and a smoldering wick he will not …
Walking Away from a Child
Brandon has two daughters and a son, all grown. His son lives a destructive life, which hurts Brandon deeply. He admits that wanting his son to succeed may be a bit of “male pride,” and he has …
Stable Christmas
One of the best lines I've heard someone utter about 2020 is that they are seriously hoping for something 'precedented' in 2021. So many things in 2020 have been called "unprecedented." 2020 has …
Asking too Much of Our Marriages
Stanford professor David Cheriton cuts his own hair and bought a used Honda Odyssey for his family. He’s lived in the same colonial-style house for over thirty years. He flies commercial and even …