He's glad he shaved. Christina, Andrew and Benjamin have departed. Daddy finishes reading a book to Joe and Miriam, then Joe starts his schoolwork and Miriam dresses up as a princess. Daddy sits down to write a column. He thinks about kids, the blessings and burdens they bring, and the hope for humanity that shines in their eyes.
Daddy decides that life is good.
Tomorrow, it just might be worth shaving again. An online publication of The Sun newspaper of Bremerton, Wash., a Scripps Howard newspaper.