Today
I’m enthroned on the sofa while I wait for what appears to be a kidney stone to make its way out. I’ve passed them before - very small ones - but painful. While I’m seated here, smelling the freshly baked brownies that Jack put together, and the quiet of my house (all six of the children are outside in the fresh air and sunshine), I am also reading some rather delicious stuff. Well, delicious if you are a Catholic nerd, as I am.
Laborem Exercens - written by JPII about the dignity of human work.
and
Our Hearts Were Burning Within Us - a plan for ongoing adult formation in the Church
I also have our Church History text and a wonderful book about Corrie ten Boom and her experience of WWII in Holland.
I just got through viewing this wonderul video of our bishop - Robert McManus - discussing how to properly form a conscience for active citizenship (particularly as it relates to voting). Marvelous.
So I’ll be sitting here by the wayside, joining Elizabeth in some podiatric alphabet practice, and growing some brain cells. I may finish anothe rpilot cap for The Pea, and I’ve been meaning to work on his little T-shirts. I can embroider while I sit.
The kids have just come back in. Rosy cheeks, fly away hair. Cocoa is already being made (hopefully with a side of brownie…). Later tonight Pa will have procured the necessary sweet treats for our All Hallow’s Eve saint’s trivia party. It looks like pizza for dinner. I’m off my feet for tea-time…
Ah, well. Part of the richness of family life is to be found in unexpected situations. Learning to make it work makes life fun!
