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Technically, the baby is due in ten weeks. Penny and William were both early, so I assume I have 8 or 9 to go. Penny has endured this family upheaval before. She seems as ready as she can be to be a “big, big sister,” in her words. William doesn’t seem so sure. If I…

As some readers know, I had the privilege of spending time with my mother-in-law as she came to the end of her life (you can read lots more about this time–which I see as a time of great hope–in Penelope Ayers: A Memoir). Our daughter Penny is named for her grandmother, whom we now call…

I’ve been thinking about how to respond to one of the comments posted on my “Talking to Kids About God” post earlier this week. I wrote about how we are teaching our children about God, hopefully in word and in action. The commenter wrote, “A wiser course would be to let children become adults without…

We were all seated at the dinner table. I had succumbed to the temptation to give everyone what they wanted rather than insist upon a common meal. So Peter and I had chicken and white bean stew. William was nibbling on quinoa salad. And Penny was in the midst of inhaling a bowl of black…
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