As best as possible, Mommy and
Daddy attempt to assure Wednesdays as quality family time day, especially for
Daddy with the two precious angel babies! Daddy’s employment at Ivy Tech
Community College makes this exceptionally difficult, as the college is
unrelenting in demands on its personnel, no less its faculty. Today was one of
those days where Ivy Tech again took precedence over family.
Daddy has been working for over a
year on a special professional development project for Ivy Tech faculty, staff
and administrators, a project called “Ivy Te@ch” (Daddy came up with the nameJ). The overall design
of the project was developed in a subcommittee Daddy chaired, and the principal
idea involves the construction of two-hour “teaching circle” round-table
discussions of volunteer participants over the course of three meeting sessions
on specific topics relating to the encouragement and development of
educational, instructional excellence. Daddy’s role of facilitator for the very
first session of six total modules (this one titled “Syllabus Construction and
First Day Preparedness,”designed entirely by Daddy) was scheduled for this
evening from 6p to 8p and Daddy was simply immersed in anxious final
preparations. Yikes, Daddy gets so absorbed in his drive for perfectionism in
his work it is pathetic!
Since this day was consumed by
work for Daddy, Mommy of course stepped up to entertain and spend quality time
with each of you. Creative as usual, Mommy led a fun-filled day’s activities
relating to preparation for our Easter weekend celebration ahead. Each of you
(and of course Mommy) painted Easter themed window “clings” and free-hand
Easter pictures with “kid paints.” Each of you express your own artistic genius
and personality with your artistic designs! It is incredible to witness the
creative, artistic talent of Mommy express itself in a next generation through
our beautiful, special, adorable children—it represents to Daddy, who is always
absorbed in criminological thought, that life is indeed explicable as both
nature and nurtureJ.
By evening time, Daddy was off to
conduct his “teaching circle” facilitation, and of course by the time Daddy
returned home both of you were settled in bed for the night. Bodhi and Buddha,
and Mommy, Daddy loves each of you with all his heart! Daddy is sincerely
struggling with conflict over competing demands of professional responsibility
and family commitment, and Daddy feels he is losing in that struggle---that we
are losing, as a family.
Goodnight, precious sweet babies,
goodnight precious, sweet Mommy.
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