Today I taught my first Theology class.  We really just went over the syllabus and introduced ourselves but it was the first official class.  I'm pretty excited about it.  I love teaching.  I loved teaching at the Christian High School several years ago and I loved teaching at the church in Texas.  It was by far my favorite thing to do.  I have thoroughly enjoyed writing the syllabus and scheduling the lectures, assignments and readings.  I took joy in entering the first attendance role tonight.  I know I'm weird but there's just something about something you really love.

We left Texas so I could pursue teaching and so Angeline could work at Lee again.  Little did I know we would be in Cleveland for over a year before I actually got to do an Intro to Theology class.  I'm hoping it's the first of many.

The other first is Samuel.  Tomorrow (Jan. 15) is his birthday.  I can't believe he will be 6.  We are in the midst of adopting a little girl from the Philippines, but Samuel will always be my first child (chronologically not in ranking).  He initiated us into parenthood.  I've been thinking tonight about when he was born.  I remember going to bed on January 14th and thinking it was the last night of pre-parenthood.  That every night after that I would always be a father for the rest of my life.  Six years has gone by so quickly.  He is such a part of our lives now that I can't imagine life without him.  I'm very proud of him.

Hopefully I can hold on to these happy feelings when we take him to Chuck E. Cheese on Saturday . . . we'll see.