no pressure.

Joe has started reading Bible stories to the kids around the dinner table (on nights he is home for dinner). At the end of each story there are a few discussion questions to get the kids thinking and applying the Biblical truths to their lives. After one such story Joe asked the kids about a time they had to be brave or courageous and when no one had an answer Joe started to give an example from his own life (as he has to do most evenings). He was explaining that he has to be brave when he walks into work in the ER because he doesn't know what kind of illnesses and injuries he will be treating.  Charlotte was quick to jump in at this point and state the obvious, "Dad if you make a mistake at work you could kill someone and then the hospital would be mad at you and then you wouldn't have a job!" Sheesh. Way to lay it all out there sweet Charlotte. Just a little pressure.  

These fun pictures are only somewhat related. Last month there was a job fair at Charlotte's school and she REALLY wanted her daddy to present at it. So I signed him up. He was on night shift at the time so he went straight from work to Charlotte's school after his shift. I had wrongly assumed he had next night off so it would be no big deal - he could just sleep later that day after he finished the job fair. WRONG. He had to work that night too. So in the end he just lost 2-3 hours of sleep in order to do this job fair. Oops. I felt terrible. But he did it without complaint. And that pretty much sums him up. The hardest worker and most loving daddy I know.