"My beloved is unto me as a bundle of myrrh." Song of Solomon 1:13
September 22nd, 2019 by Aubri
August 14: Ready for a new chapter. I’ve sent a lot of babies to school over the years and haven’t been too emotional but something about having an infant, a Kindergartener and a 6th grader is making me much more sentimental today. How quickly they do grow up. I’m looking forward to passing the days with these three.
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August 14: It’s back to school we go. This year we have a Middle Schooler. Lily enters the 6th grade and her day begins an hour earlier than the other babies. She also gets home an hour earlier.
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August 10: Blessed Feast of St. Lawrence of Rome, deacon of the 3rd century, Martyr.
“Ambrose of Milan relates that when the treasures of the Church were demanded of Lawrence by the prefect of Rome, he brought forward the poor, to whom he had distributed the treasure as alms. “Behold in these poor persons the treasures which I promised to show you; to which I will add pearls and precious stones, those widows and consecrated virgins, which are the Church’s crown.” The prefect was so angry that he had a great gridiron prepared with hot coals beneath it, and had Lawrence placed on it, hence Lawrence’s association with the gridiron. After the martyr had suffered pain for a long time, the legend concludes, he cheerfully declared: “I’m well done on this side. Turn me over!””
