Last Sunday, May 6, in a special 2 p.m. Mass, Lucas made his First Communion. He was one of 50-some 7-year-olds all dressed up in suits and ties (or white satin, lace, or taffeta dresses). It was a beautiful ceremony, and Kevin and I were both in tears before Lucas even made his way up [...]
We were busy speaking to an old friend and her grandson after Jack and the Beanstalk. Atticus was the one who noticed the outline of the water left from the thunderstorm that wetted the cars: “It’s a boy!”
Of all the games our two younger sons Lucas, 7, and Atticus, 5, love to play at dinnertime, their favorite is religious trivia. Here’s a random, annotated sampling of tonight’s questions: 1. What is the first book of the Bible? (They both know this one and what it means.) 2. What is the last book [...]
(We’ll just have to kind of ignore the opening thing…) I remember seeing this 1956 film back in elementary school. I don’t remember which classes, but I remember it was on a film projector, one of those old spooled and threaded machines that would clack-clack-clack when it was over and the tape ran out. When [...]
I was looking through Fourth of July pictures from years past, and this one from 2008 caught my eye … and my heart. Two people I miss dearly: my aunt Idella, who passed away the month after this picture was taken, and my 18-year-old son Ryan, who is now all grown up … and away. [...]
Kevin and Lucas with their rosaries.
August 2008
photo credit: rolandojones This morning, we were sitting in the van at the bus stop, right on the side of Highway 29. It was about 7:15, and since we had a little time before the big yellow bus would be stopping to pick up Lucas on its way to school, we were checking out the [...]
Notice that Lucas doesn’t say he wants to be Spider-man when he grows up. He says he will be. Dream big, little one, and don’t ever stop. #miss
Picasso had his Blue and Rose periods; El Greco had his Cretan and Italian periods. Four-year-old Atticus is now in his “Kids Period.” Every time he breaks out the paper and markers or crayons, he’s drawing kids. Kids with candy. Kids with bumps on their heads. Kids with one arm. Purple kids. Blue kids. Green [...]
