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My Dad’s
Greatest Weapon This week I rediscovered some boxes from my dad’s
that I brought over after he passed away in 2009. As part of sorting and reorganizing things at
our place, I went through the items one-by-one.
One that I began using this week is my dad’s rosary, truly his greatest weapon.
I’ve been sort of bummed since I lost the one that Kevin gave me even before he returned to the Catholic faith in which he
was raised. I’ve just been using a
plastic one, which is just as effective, but doesn’t have the same sentimental
value as the other. Yesterday was the
first time I prayed the mysteries of the rosary on it. Other days this week, I’ve pulled it out to
pray the Divine Mercy Chaplet.
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The
Feast of the Ascension Kevin and I went to Mass last evening at
St. Benedict’s, a very traditional Catholic Church within walking distance from
us where we usually attend daily Mass. I
like that when there’s a solemnity that they have a full Mass the day of
(actually a couple different ones to fit people’s varying schedules) rather
than just wait to celebrate it the next Sunday when a bazillion other things
are going on. It served as a wonderful
reminder that Christ had to go back up into Heaven so He could send us the Holy
Spirit and have His True Presence in the Eucharist.
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A Screw
Loose! My
husband and his ongoing toe trauma continue.
Today his doctor removed the screw he put in Kevin’s toe on March
16. The screw has been pulling out of
the bone, and the risk of it coming through the skin and causing infection had
increased enough it became necessary to take it out. Everything went fine. Kevin’s driving himself home and spending the
rest of the day with his foot up. Just
in case you were wondering, Mr. Toolman asked to keep the screw that was
removed. Yes, folks, that’s my babe!
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MARVELous Over the past couple of
weeks, Kevin and I have really enjoyed movies based on Marvel comics. We hadn’t yet seen Captain America or Thor
when we went to see the box office smash, The Avengers. We had already seen Iron Man I and Iron Man II
and both had some recollection of the Hulk.
Now we have seen and really enjoyed four of the movies with the back
story of these superheroes, I think we may need to go see The Avengers again now
that we know more of the background story of the main characters.
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Supercool T-shirt Contest You’ll definitely want to check
out the story and great photos about the young man who won the American Life League’s Pro-Life T-shirt contest with the help of his family. What a neat way to get the pro-life message
out there while having some fun family time!
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Just Write! Lately I have had some very clear, concrete signs from the Lord
that it’s time to get back to working on the spiritual memoir (about how God
brought Kevin and me together and has kept us together) as well as the young
adult novel I wrote the bulk of as my Master Thesis when I had the good fortune
of working with the Director of the Children’s Literature program at Hollins University
as my advisor.
Please pray for me and
for Kevin as we discern what God would like us to do (how, when, for what greater purpose, and with whom) about these
manuscripts to get them prepared for publishing. Kevin’s always been a
huge support of my writing and has proven to be a really good copy editor, so
we both could use some extra prayer coverage for the guidance and wisdom to do
what God calls us to in this area of our lives.
