"My beloved is unto me as a bundle of myrrh." Song of Solomon 1:13
March 21st, 2016 by Aubri
“The company of angels
is praising you on high;
and we with all creation
in chorus make reply.
The people of the Hebrews
with palms before you went;
our praise and prayer and anthems
before you we present.”
Palm Sunday, one of my favorite days in the Church Year. The ease and festive air to this day gives me joy. The day we remember our Lord riding into Jerusalem. Riding to die. Riding on to conquer sin and take death captive. The Church sings out in praise and thanksgiving.
March 21st, 2016 by Aubri
We celebrated St. Patrick last week with a new book for our collection and the obligatory Green Food. The babies are in the habit of calling this day “Leprechaun Day” and I’m in the habit of correcting them. Not that I have any problems with Leprechauns. It’s just one of my peeves since they typically celebrate this holiday at school and at school we can’t really talk about saints so it’s all about little green mischief makers.
The girls set a Leprechaun trap in their bedroom the night before and were disappointed to not have caught anything. When I woke them for school they saw it empty and assumed they hadn’t added anything shiny enough to lure the leprechaun.
I quickly went downstairs remembering I hadn’t put the chocolate coins on the table for them. I hoped this wee bit of ‘leprechaun gold’ would cheer them up….and now I’m officially as bad as their schools!
March 12th, 2016 by Aubri
Yesterday all the other babies were gone. Gone to Texas, gone to Bancroft and all I have are these two little girls. So I make a drink we can share, put on sunglasses and we get outside to just sit. Sit in the cool breeze and warm sunshine.
March 11th, 2016 by Aubri
I told Phil it just doesn’t feel like Lent this year. And I know that’s ok. Getting to our Midweek services hasn’t been happening for me and most of the babies. By evening I’m just so tired. Having to dress and load and church and load again makes me want to curl up into a ball, so we’ve stayed home on Wednesdays.
