Category: parenting
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Jamaica in Chico
 This was one of my most memorable Father’s Days. That comes as somewhat of a surprise because I wasn’t with my family. But I was with one of my children, so I felt like a dad. Chandler and I were in Chico, California, getting familiar with what, Lord willing, will become his home in…
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California Highway 36
Today, we leave the town of Red Bluff, California and travel west for what our GPS says is roughly three and a half hours on California Highway 36, a little-known piece of the state highway system that passes through the bustling metropolises of Beegum, Platina, Forest Glen, Mad River, Bridgeville, Dinsmore, Carlotta, Hydesville, and Alton…
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Isaac’s turn to sleep
Funny thing happened to me on the way to the Catch. I was reminded of a picture book my wife, Marti, made for our granddaughter, Jocelyn. It’s about a huggable stuffed leopard we gave her named Isaac, and an imaginary story about how he watches over her while she sleeps. It seemed a fitting way…
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Purple camels and walking trees
Let’s face it, kids have it all over us adults when it comes to creativity. One of the requisites of a creative mind is the ability to see things from a fresh perspective. This is where the kids come in. Children don’t have the realistic limits on their imaginations that adults have. They can put…
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Making God sad?
Jesus loves me, this I know, “… and in the in-between time …” For the Bible tells me so. Little ones to Him belong; They are weak but He is strong. Jesus loves me—loves me still, Though I’m very weak and ill; From his shining throne on high, Comes to watch me where I…
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Another admissions scandal
Our son, Christopher, lives about ten minutes from a church that has the reputation, among many churched and even non-churched people, for having the absolute best pre-school in town. It’s like the USC or Stanford of pre-schools. Christopher’s daughter, Jocelyn, is three years old and eligible to attend this school in the fall. There’s only…
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A proper disregard for the law
[Note: If you’ve been reading the Catch all week, you can skip the first two paragraphs.]
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A single mom’s Mother’s Day
We think too much and feel too little. More than machinery, we need humanity. More than cleverness, we need kindness and gentleness. We need compassion. Charlie Chaplin (1889-1977) During this all-important Mother’s Day weekend, let’s take a look at the one segment of women we rarely consider celebrating and yet they are probably the most…