With graduation and traveling behind us, and Summer Hebrew under way (I’m a teaching fellow this year) I intend to sit down and catch you all up soon. Here’s the most visual representation of the spirit of Summer I could think of. This is Ethan (5 yrs) enjoying the high dive at his local NC [...]
Our daughter, Sarah, and her husband, John, keep us feeling a part of the family with an online family webpage featuring (almost) daily pictures and snippets of life in the Free household. Here’s the current story…
(from Sarah) Maggie and I were talking one morning as she was eating breakfast. I had recently heard from Ethan’s [...]
During last summer I wrote about Olivia (Philip’s little sister) and her diagnosis of brain cancer. Since that time she has undergone more surgeries, radiation and chemotherapy to battle the growth. It’s been a hard 6 months, but in spite of the difficult road, there was a good deal of hope. This past week, the [...]
Our son-in-law, John, has been providing us with a wonderful website which is a window into the daily world of our grandkids. He posts a daily photo and often a little snippet of a conversation with the kids. This exchange is great.
We had to pick Sarah up from work Monday evening, so we went out [...]
The Summer of 2006 (brief glimpses)…
Visiting the Dead Sea Scrolls exhibit in Charlotte, NC with Sarah (and actually being able to read what I saw).
Going down the “big slide” with Ethan at the pool and being egged into jumping off the “high” diving board by John (and doing it). Dancing with Maggie.
Learning to play [...]
We’ve been away for two weeks and have very many things to share about our time away, our family, our move, and other exciting news. But, first we must share some sad news and ask for prayer. Our daughter Hannah’s sister-in-law, 17-year-old Olivia (Philip’s youngest sister), was found to have a brain tumor just days [...]
We spent Memorial Day weekend in Durham, NC, visiting Sarah, John, Ethan & Maggie. We had a blast. Not to be outdone by four-year-old Ethan’s antics on the monkeybars (competitive spirits that we are), Sarah and I displayed one of our best monkeybar tricks for the kids.
I actually am looking at the camera… my hair [...]
but this time headed back to home.
Hannah, Phil (and baby Jireh) will be taking me home to Philadelphia. We leave right before dinner tonight (Thursday) and will drive through the night. So, we’ll have breakfast in PA! Jireh is really looking forward to meeting his Poppy (Jireh inherited not only his Poppy’s middle name, but [...]
Wednesday night was Éva’s very first ballet recital. I was so thrilled that I could be here to watch her. She was beautiful!
Here’s a picture of the little ballerina.
To see a video of her dance, click here.
Éva is the one on the far left. Sorry about the quality of the video, we compressed it [...]
After Éva’s (and my) comment about wanting to go for a boat ride out to Camp, Grampy (Philip’s grandfather) indulged us and put one of the docks out this morning so that we could launch one of the boats. This afternoon we bundled up and Grampy took Éva and I out for an awesome cruise. [...]
We woke to a beautiful Saturday morning here in Greenville, Maine. This was the first morning (since the ice broke) that there was no morning wind, and so the now-melted waters were completely still. I only realized this when I looked out the window at breakfast and saw the reflection of the trees and mountains [...]
By the breath of God ice is given, and the broad waters are frozen fast. Job 37:10
Winter is long in Maine. Some think it is way too long. Kind of like Narnia under the spell of the White Witch… always winter. But, just like Narnia, we’ve had a melting into Spring! Yes, the long-awaited [...]
Éva is delighting in her new little brother. His “awake” time is full of opportunities to show him toys, sing to him, or just gaze at his littleness.