Author: Backpacking Dad

The word “sin” as in “Let he who is without sin cast the first stone” is a translation of a Hebrew word, het, that means “to miss the mark.” So I wonder if perhaps what Jesus had in mind was that whoever had the best aim should take the first shot. Because if we just…

The early morning wakeup began the day roughly. Erin usually lets me have until seven-thirty or even eight o’clock before waking up completely alert and in fifth gear. But today it was a little early, she was a little upset, and I was a little too tired and haggard. I dragged myself from my bed…

We arrived at our Orange County hotel at three in the morning on Tuesday, just six hours after we’d left the San Francisco Peninsula on our dead-of-night escape. Tuesday (part two, because part one was spent driving and then sleeping) was a family visit. Emily’s uncle’s family lives in Yorba Linda, and despite his house…