Nicole and I bought [the book] Jurassic Park in Destin. Nicole was asking me some questions about a part she had read. This lead to a discussion between me, Danny, and Nicole about time and God.

Danny asked the question: “How did God make his parents?” I told him that he could go to Notre Dame and base an entire course on that question.

The next day at the pool a lady came up to me and Kathy and said what nice children we had. The kids were sitting around the table under the umbrella, finishing lunch. Nicole was reading Jurassic Park.

“How old is your older girl?” the lady asked. She thought that Nicole was awfully smart to be 10 years old and reading Jurassic Park. “That’s got DNA and such in it!”

I’m not sure if Nicole’s reading Jurassic Park made all three of our kids good, or if Danny and Kelly had done good things on their own. I didn’t ask.