"My beloved is unto me as a bundle of myrrh." Song of Solomon 1:13
August 14th, 2014 by Aubri
It’s here, the first day of school! It was a mostly smooth morning. The babies loved their schultüte or maybe it’s “their schultüten” I’ll ask Esther. Not traditionally something Germans do every year the kids go to school, just for the first grade, but I started something that will be hard to stop!
August 13th, 2014 by Aubri
Tomorrow school will finally begin again and our Summer break will come to an end. This year we’ll have 3 babies to get up, get dressed, get fed and get out the door. I panic a little.
June slipped by while we were in Texas, rain and cool days took most of our July and it just feels like this Summer was gone too fast.
August 12th, 2014 by Aubri
On August 10th the Church remembers St. Lawrence “who kept and distributed the church’s goods and alms. When the prefect of Rome demanded that Lawrence turn over the church’s treasury, Lawrence made a faithful confession, showing the prefect the widowed and orphaned, the blind and lame, saying, “These are the treasures of the Church.” For his fidelity, Lawrence was burned — roasted alive — over a gridiron.” source
The stories of the martyrs are kept in our memory by the Church for good reason. Lawrence was killed over a 1000 years ago. We can read his story and sigh at the sadness, cruelty and be awed by his faithfulness, then go along with our day. We are reminded how God can give His children great suffering but also great strength to face it, even if it means their death.
August 10th, 2014 by Aubri
