Brighter Together
We recently decorated our home for a birthday party. My daughter rearranged the balloons, so a purple balloon and an orange balloon were...
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- May 18, 2018
The Straw
The priest speaking at recent church event warned against becoming so busy that we don't take time to notice the beauty of God's creation...
- Apr 24, 2018
A Shepherd's Work Never Ends
I walked into to mass on Good Shepherd Sunday several minutes late. My youngest daughter had been up crying for an hour the previous...
- Mar 26, 2018
I Am Not God
I often write on this site about the similarities I see between the love of God and the love of my family, but tonight I know that I am...
- Mar 24, 2018
Discovering Mobility
My daughter learned to crawl recently and in so doing she achieved mobility. This is the third baby I observed learning how to crawl in...
- Jan 14, 2018
Sisterly Love
There are few joys in fatherhood that compare to hearing my child say "I love you, Daddy," but one that comes close is seeing my children...
- Oct 29, 2017
Homemade Spaghetti Sauce
After harvesting an overabundance of tomatoes from our vegetable garden, my wife and I made homemade spaghetti sauce. We blanched each of...
- Oct 16, 2017
Unconditionally
Unconditional, unconditionally, I will love you unconditionally! These words from Katy Perry's Unconditionally rang through the air as...
- Oct 3, 2017
Time to Walk
This weekend we took my daughters to the park. We loaded up the three girls - ages four, two, and zero - into their strollers and pushed...
- Sep 24, 2017
That Adorable Smile
She woke me up at one thirty in the middle of the night. I fed her and she promptly spit up on my shirt. I patted her on the back until...
- Sep 8, 2017
The Rhythm of the Beach
While visiting the Atlantic Ocean on a recent family vacation, I was struck by the dynamic, constantly in motion, rhythm of the beach....
- Aug 31, 2017
As Long As We're Together
We recently went on vacation with my three children and their four cousins for a long weekend in the mountains. The kids played together...
- Aug 22, 2017
Total Eclipse of the Sun
"Do you know what happened to the sun today?" I asked my four-year-old daughter as we walked across the parking lot after I picked her up...
- Aug 2, 2017
I've Got the Whole Family in My Van
I drove for twelve hours in our minivan with my wife in the seat beside me and my daughters in the backseat behind me. Over the course of...
- Jun 29, 2017
I'm Hiding!
"Let's play hide and seek!" my oldest daughter said to her little sister. My toddler daughter shrieked "I'm hiding!" and she ran across...
- Jun 25, 2017
The Sting of Separation
Minutes after my daughter was born, joy turned to panic as she was taken from her mother's arms to the Neonatal Intensive Care Unit. The...
- May 30, 2017
Open Windows
Today we opened the windows. All of the windows. Throughout the day a gentle breeze was blowing through the house from the open windows...
- May 21, 2017
Adorned for her Husband
I also saw the holy city, a new Jerusalem, coming down out of heaven from God, prepared as a bride adorned for her husband. Revelation...
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