Most of you know by now that I have a book coming out in two weeks on the Serenity Prayer. Some of you also know that I’ve had no child care since July, a situation that has been testing my own serenity of late. Rather than writing a long blog post about the spiritual lessons I’ve been given this week, I’ll share the bloopers from my attempt to make a little video that my publicist can send to TV producers. I hope others find this as funny as our family did.

So here’s where I am now: 1. I’ve accepted that school doesn’t start until Tuesday and resolved to have fun with the kids, despite all the book publicity work I could be doing; 2. I’ve decided to hire a profession videographer. (Getting the lighting right is much harder than I ever realized and the main reason I tried this so many different locations.) I was a little slower in reaching these insights than I’d like to admit, but better late than never.