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Grace is…an unexpected day-off
when you are well beyond the ready-to-collapse point, a friend’s successful
breast cancer surgery, going to daily Mass, speaking truth with love,
compassion, and understanding, listening attentively, the joy of three silly
sisters laughing, your husband visiting you at work, a homemade meal, a much-needed hug, unsolicited kisses from little cuties, beautiful weather, a glimpse of how God sees others, encouraging others in tough times, receiving a card out-of-the-blue from a best friend, the support and counsel of prayer warriors focused on doing God's Will above all else…
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Happy 70th Birthday! Kevin and I had a blast celebrating Dick Commander's 70th
birthday this past Saturday evening. He and Jeannine throw a great party! It was
wonderful to see and have a chance to catch up with so many members of our
Cursillo family! 
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It Takes a Village Kevin and I love the girls
for whom I nanny as well as their parents very dearly. It is such a tremendous
blessing to work with and for Carl & Jess, who work so hard even
after long days at their jobs to do what's necessary to keep their precious
daughters safe and healthy. Lord, thank You for the gift this family continues
to be in our lives. Help us to be open to the ways You want us to serve them.
Amen.
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A Broadway Style Fair
Trade I take full responsibility for the 3 year old who was running sprints
inside the house not too long before her nap/rest time the other day while singing the two lines she recalls from a Singin’ in the Rain number I played for her sisters and her a few times on Youtube: “Good Morning” and “It’s great to stay up late!” I texted her mother to tell her about this
and added that I hoped she didn’t adopt that philosophy until she was a bit
older. Her mom said she’s fine with her daughter staying up late as long as
mommy gets to sleep late.
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Too Tired to Text Wednesday evening I was having trouble texting as is evident in the
following excerpt of a conversation I was attempting to have:
Friend: “…had Mass for the
parish school today which was really fun…”
Me: “School Mass foes sound
fun…” (realizing my mistake added)
Me: “School Mass foes sound
diabolical, not fun. Another long, draining day that has left me unable to text
or talk intelligibly.”
Friend: “LOL! Diabolical??
500+ kids all singing and praising the Lord and receiving him. So much fun!”
Friend: “What are you doing
this evening?”
Me: “I need to work on the
Rooster Review (the Cursillo newsletter for our area), but since I can barely
manage to text at this point, maybe that’s not a good idea for this
evening.
Friend: “Maybe not J”
Friend: “Now I understand
your precious texts”
Me: “R my texts
precious? I’m guessing you meant
previous but r still using autocorrect-which couldn’t even help me now”
Friend: “LOL”
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Childproofing 101 Children by their
very nature will manage to get themselves into dangerous situations of their
own concocting, so it’s best not to give them an easy way into trouble and
becoming another statistic or sad story in “What to Expect When You Don’t
Childproof Your House” type series of books—as it will take several volumes to
document and describe all of the illnesses, injuries, accidents, including but
not limited to: gaping head wounds, cuts requiring stitches, burns, poisoning,
a sudden supposedly accidental loss of limb, and/or other households little
shop of horrors tales from beyond the crib and the crypt. Click here to read all of “Children Shouldn’t Be Crash Test Dummies (My Nanny Diary).”
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Miss U Much I’ve been
pleasantly surprised a number of times this week to have the opportunity to
spend time with people I don’t necessarily get to see very often. I was quite humbled and touched that some
people are so happy to see Kevin and me, that they pray for us regularly even
without having any contact with us, and that they miss us when we aren’t up to
or able to attend some of the Masses, prayer vigils, and/or other get-togethers like we
have in the past. I know I feel that way
about many people, but it’s nice to be reminded that there are people who are
grateful just because you are present. The three girls get so excited when Kevin comes over. It's so cute to watch him playing with them.
Check out Jen Fulwiler’s tradition of
7 Quick Takes Friday at her tremendously popular blog Conversion Diary.
