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The day I swapped my dad for two goldfish
We’ve been looking into the subtle and not so subtle messages of children’s books this week. Today I’ve selected one of my favorites, The Day I Swapped My Dad for Two Goldfish, by Neil Gaiman, illustrated by Dave McKean. It’s … Continue reading
Micawber: an extraordinary Central Park squirrel
Micawber is an ordinary grey squirrel who lives in New York’s Central Park. But that’s about the only thing that’s ordinary about him.
Go, dogs. Go!
Marti loves children’s books. She loves to buy them; I love to read them; and until reading became something painful for Chandler, he loved to be read to. Not that there was any serious correlation between the two, but for … Continue reading
Grieving couple starts over
Marti introduced herself to me last night. We shook hands. I told her my name was John and she asked me if I spelled it with or without an “h.” What was she doing? She was illustrating that as a … Continue reading
Grieving couple creates care package
We are getting Chandler’s first care package ready to send out today. More of his clothes, his backpack, shampoo and conditioner, more pictures to add to the photo album Marti made that we sent along with him, a personal CD … Continue reading
Don’t wait until you’re profound
Wow. Unbelievable. Awesome. Don’t know what to say. We are overwhelmed. The outpouring of love and prayer support for our family from all of you is truly humbling. (See yesterday’s Catch.)
Grace: here for us; here for you
It’s pretty quiet around here now — much too quiet. We walk around with a hole in our hearts. It’s a gaping hole, not a little puncture wound. We cry a little bit every day.
Codependent town
Change always means adjusting to what’s uncomfortable. All change, even for the good, is upsetting.
Attack of the giant grey moth
Well, God concluded one of our hardest weeks with a little comic relief. We were folding clothes and chatting when a large winged creature flew in through the open kitchen window last night and started flapping around on the floor. … Continue reading
“Stay here with the donkey while I and the boy go over there,” the Father said to his servants. “We will worship and then we will come back to you.” (Genesis 22:5) The father placed a bundle of wood on … Continue reading
John Fischer The Catch 