This morning I got up on early to keep us on schedule.  Everything went well and all the kids got up and got going and my wife even woke up around 9:30.  The only problem was that I fell asleep after feeding the kids and cleaning up.
     I felt selfish today as I found myself unable to do much besides feed the kids until mid afternoon.
     I took my sons to the park to practice baseball.  I seemed to lack direction and realized that I need to work with my son on quickness.  We had fun and forgot to get home on time as my wife had to leave for a job.  When I did get home the girls were at the neighbors and she had left.  I have to admit that it was a change for her to just find a solution and move on.  She wasn't even that mad at me when I called her.
     I grilled a nice dinner and played washers with my son's friend.
     This evening my son decided that he was depressed. I had a hard time acknowledging his feelings and just wanted to urge him to snap out of it.  As I talked to him I remembered going through this myself as a child.  Feeling sorry for myself for no good reason.  At first I tried to talk him through it and reason with him.  But then I realized that this will not fix it, that it must be worked out and pass in his mind.
     Thanks be to God for this day.