The Home Team

I think of a marriage and a family as a team. So the home team is just that; the team at home.

We all have our positions on the team. I like to think of myself as the head coach. I am a head coach who leans very heavily on my staff of coaches. OK so the staff of coaches is really just Susan and I, but it is a good staff.

If we were a sports team, Susan would be the defensive coordinator, team manager, and team trainer (medic). I would be the offensive coordinator, equipment manager, and chief grounds keeper.

Our offensive coordinator takes care of earning the income. The defensive coordinator takes care of extracting the most bang for the buck from that income. I think I have the defensive coordinator of the year on my staff. She has really helped us keep our spending under control, which has enabled us to pay off lots of debt, and be able to accomplish the things that we want.

The team manager runs the day to day operations of our players. She keeps the team schedule, and helps coordinate player development. She makes sure that they have the things that they need to be successful (clean clothes, food, education, that kind of stuff).

The equipment manager keeps the equipment running, the vehicles maintained, appliances running, computers networked, buildings maintained, etc.

The team trainer takes care of all of the day to day injuries our players get from playing the game of life. She not only cares for the scrapes and cuts, but for the wounded spirits and bruised egos as well.

Grounds keeper, well I make sure that the outside of the house stays respectable. I delegate as much of this as possible to the boys, but ultimately, I’m the one who needs to be accountable for it.

Now don’t get me wrong. We both cross over in these roles all of the time. There are also way more roles than I listed. Like any good team, we pick up each others slack, and when we see what needs to get done, we pitch in and do it.

We may not win the super bowl, and our house will never be picture perfect, but that’s not our goal. Our goal is to honor and glorify God in all that we do, and right now that means raising four boys into men.