…a group of women from our home congregation, all cancer survivors, who take a photo to support my wife in her fight with cancer. This is truly the Kingdom here and now. This is one of the most beautiful photos I’ve seen. These women are the salt of the earth. -jpserrano
My wife is a school teacher and for the summer she took our three children to spend some time with the grandparents. She was gone for 4 weeks. I slept in, came home to silence, watched whatever TV show I wanted, ate whatever I wanted, came and went as I pleased. It was wonderful. The house was clean….let me say that again THE HOUSE WAS CLEAN FOR 4 WEEKS. For the first 2 weeks Read More …
On fridays I stay at home with my youngest son who is 2 years old. He’s pretty activity. On this day he migrated from reading books to making me food in the play kitchen to assembling a puzzle. In fact, he worked on that puzzle for a while. At first, I didn’t want to intervene because I could see the wheels turning in his head. But, if I’m honest, I was also learning some Read More …
Caedmon (my 7 year old) has a friend over and wanted to show off a bit for her. She thought she was being funny by going to the bathroom sink, wetting her hand, and flicking me with water. It was funny, but she must learn! So, I found the two water bottles that we use to keep the cat off stuff. I asked her if she wanted to dual, of course she did. I even Read More …
With three children in the house, I’ve given up hope that I will ever take a shower alone again. I have resigned myself to the fact that children will be coming in and out of the bathroom as I complete my necessary morning routine. But, there is one place I insist on my own space. I like to have peace and solitude, even from my wife, while I get dressed in the morning. Today, I Read More …
My family was sitting around the dinner table for dinner tonight. Our two sons and I were eating, my wife was preparing our daughter’s second helping of pasta with butter and parmesan cheese. Just as my wife finished putting on the cheese the following conversation took place. Daughter: You ruined my life mommy! Mommy: Huh? Daughter: I wanted to put the cheese on my pasta by myself, you ruined my life! Mommy: I’ve met my Read More …
There are many methods that one can use to get rid of lice; my family chose the harsh medicine, bagging, and nit picking route. I am pretty sure that one can only appreciate the true meaning behind the idiom “nit picking” after having a child plagued by lice. For those uninitiated to the “my child has had lice” club: Nit Picking is the act by which a person goes through every millimeter of an infested Read More …
Daddy Diary Day 4: Every year my wife Jessica goes away on retreat with her friends. Her particular mode of retreat is scrap-booking. It’s a time for her to be away from the kids, sleep-in, see old friends, get a massage (yes they hire a professional masseuse to come and massage the girls), basically its 4 days of battery recharging. We have a deal in our home-she goes away once a year to do this Read More …
Daddy Diary Day 1: (Wife is on retreat) Today I was feeling like super dad. I drove alone with the kids for three hours from Paso Robles, fed them, napped with them, unpacked the car, went to the grocery store, fed them dinner, and bathed them. All without incident, until I decided to take a shower. Caedmon was in the kitchen and dropped a coffee mug, it shattered and she ran up stairs to tell Read More …
Toward the end of dinner Caedmon, my 7 year old daughter, expressed how full she was. She gasped sweetly, “I shouldn’t have eaten the last bite.” Being the good father I am, I went to grab her plate to put in the sink–this is a treat for her because usually she has to clear her own plate. Just as I grabbed for her plate, she changed from my subdued daughter to a wildcat with the Read More …