Handprints Aren’t So Bad After All

[347 words] The bags were packed, goodbye’s were said, and the children were excited as they prepared to go with their grandparents for a few days to Tennessee. My wife and I do not take a lot of overnight trips where we’ll be apart, but on this occasion she and the kids had an opportunity to spend a few days with her parents while I stayed home to attend a week-long seminar class. As they pulled out of the drive, I closed the door and turned toward the empty house. As I turned, an item on the couch caught my eye. Approaching, I found an old book of cartoons called The Family Circus by Bil Keane. I’m sure you remember the cartoon from the Sunday comics. My youngest daughter has taken to reading these old cartoon collection books we found at my parents house. As she waited for ”time to…