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Family
Fun with
Kevin’s sisters and their families has been quite enjoyable. As has been tradition since way before Kevin
and I first met, everyone has gathered at the cottage to share a meal, catch up
with one another, laugh a lot, and (a new fave this trip) play some very
intense games of Mexican train dominoes.
It’s still hard to believe that I was sixteen when my mom, sisters, and
I first rented the other side of the cottage and met Kevin and his family.
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Dinnertime
Discussions
Yet again we have covered some quite unusual subject matter at suppertime. The first time I came over to have dinner
with Kevin and his family years ago when we were dating, one of his sisters
started talking about the breast reduction she’d gotten a while back, and his
other sister said “the girls have been peeing in the yard, and they don’t even
bother covering it up anymore.” I was
rather shocked by the second comment until I recalled that sister has two sons,
and must therefore she must be talking her cats. Colonoscopy was the most out there subject
brought up during our most recent family meal.
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Sacred Heart Cathedral This afternoon we
went to Mass at the cathedral. I
remember years ago calling around to find somewhere with a Sunday evening Mass,
so we could go out on the boat with Kevin that morning. I was wearing a dress, ready for church and
not planning on getting wet, so when we found a later Mass, Kevin offered to
carry me out to the boat. I took him up
on his offer, but I had my feathers a bit ruffled when he unceremoniously threw
me over his shoulder like a sack of potatoes.
I never thought back then that I would someday be married to Kevin and
we’d be going to Mass together.
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Abbott’s Frozen Custard One of my mom’s
absolute favorite desserts here is chocolate almond custard with extra almonds
on top. That’s exactly what I had
Thursday evening after walking the Charlotte Beach pier, taking pictures of a
beautiful sunset, like I did so often back when Kevin and I were first getting
to know each other.
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Reaching Out in Love is the name of a
collection of stories told by Blessed Mother Teresa. A quote from it really spoke to me as I have
wondered what God would like of me.
Mother Teresa made this comment to two Japanese gentlemen who were
interviewing her about the work of the Missionaries of Charity and their work:
“Our love for God in action is our service to the poor. Your love for God in action is to write
properly. Your love for God is to write
the truth, to spread goodness, to spread beautiful things. This is the way you put your love for God in
action.” I believe this is part of the
answer the Lord has given to me about what He wants me to do, or keep doing,
and how He intends for me to reach out to others in love.
