Any of you monkeys want a banana?

When does the responsibility to guide/cajole/control your children's action and behaviors end? Is it determined by age or location? If an adult child (over 18) lives at home, is it reasonable to demand they attend church? After all, we are no longer legally responsible, so why should we be morally responsible? Is there any value in forcing a child (adult or not) to attend church? I don't think so. My wife does. It's a basic difference that will never be reconciled.

The visits continue. Linda (my sister-in-law) and her family are here for the next few days. It's great to see them again. Neal and Jaclyn are going to live with them for a while after the move to Texas. There were 15 people at the house last night. Bodies lying everywhere. Right now everyone's out somewhere except me. It's so quiet. Except for the pig oinking and grunting, the dog barking, the chickens clucking and crowing, and the cars passing along the highway. I like it. It's certainly better than having the kids running around the yard chasing the pig. Jon let Olive out of the pen so he and his cousins could chase her. It's now official;he really is an idiot. I guess I shouldn't be surprised about him doing stuff like that. I was a teenage boy once too.

I captured this from a videotape, so it's not all that good a picture. I've heard about albino deer but never had the chance to see one. I had borrowed a videotape from someone for some track events a few years ago, and found it by accident. I hope no one shot it....