Referral!
USCIS approval!
Now we wait for those referral translations. I'm thinking late next week.
This is just the best possible outcome. I'm on CLOUD 9.
Glory be to God!
Thursday, April 17, 2014
Sunday, April 13, 2014
We have news!
We also have an answer to two years of prayers! Head on over to my other blog and check out what's happening!!
Palm Sunday
What a Lent this has been! I have truly enjoyed the time of reflection and prayer. I have to say that I love Lent more and more each year. In fact, it's gaining on being my favorite time of the year. It's definitely in my top three.
Today is Palm Sunday and it is also my big boy's 8th birthday! I can't believe that he's growing up so fast. He's about 52" and 55 pounds. In no time, he will be as tall as his momma! He's got a smile full of tooth gaps with no end in sight.
He's been doing SO WELL as a "redshirted" first grader. It was a very difficult decision - but now we are so pleased with his progress this year. The things that he couldn't understand at all last year are making perfect sense to him now - even those wacky common core math ideas! He's a great example of how an extra year of maturity can really help a kid in school. I pray that going to second grade will be a smooth transition. He's already well into a second grade reading level, so at least we have one aspect of it covered.
He also is quite the athlete. At yesterday's soccer game, he scored all FOUR of the team's goals. They lost their game, but it wasn't due to lack of effort! I know that this is a mom talking about her perfect child, but this kid has talent. I know he has his heart set on playing AUBURN FOOTBALL, but this mom would LOVE it if her son would play AUBURN FUTBOL! I'm considering calling the coaches to come and check him out. J/K. Maybe.
HAPPY BIRTHDAY MY SWEET BOY!!!!
Today is Palm Sunday and it is also my big boy's 8th birthday! I can't believe that he's growing up so fast. He's about 52" and 55 pounds. In no time, he will be as tall as his momma! He's got a smile full of tooth gaps with no end in sight.
He's been doing SO WELL as a "redshirted" first grader. It was a very difficult decision - but now we are so pleased with his progress this year. The things that he couldn't understand at all last year are making perfect sense to him now - even those wacky common core math ideas! He's a great example of how an extra year of maturity can really help a kid in school. I pray that going to second grade will be a smooth transition. He's already well into a second grade reading level, so at least we have one aspect of it covered.
He also is quite the athlete. At yesterday's soccer game, he scored all FOUR of the team's goals. They lost their game, but it wasn't due to lack of effort! I know that this is a mom talking about her perfect child, but this kid has talent. I know he has his heart set on playing AUBURN FOOTBALL, but this mom would LOVE it if her son would play AUBURN FUTBOL! I'm considering calling the coaches to come and check him out. J/K. Maybe.
HAPPY BIRTHDAY MY SWEET BOY!!!!
Wednesday, March 5, 2014
Lent 2014
"Even now, says the LORD,
return to me with your whole heart,
with fasting, and weeping, and mourning;
Rend your hearts, not your garments,
and return to the LORD, your God.
For gracious and merciful is he,
slow to anger, rich in kindness,
and relenting in punishment.
Perhaps he will again relent
and leave behind him a blessing,
Offerings and libations
for the LORD, your God.
Blow the trumpet in Zion!
proclaim a fast,
call an assembly;
Gather the people,
notify the congregation;
Assemble the elders,
gather the children
and the infants at the breast;
Let the bridegroom quit his room
and the bride her chamber.
Between the porch and the altar
let the priests, the ministers of the LORD, weep,
And say, “Spare, O LORD, your people,
and make not your heritage a reproach,
with the nations ruling over them!
Why should they say among the peoples,
‘Where is their God?’”
Then the LORD was stirred to concern for his land
and took pity on his people."
return to me with your whole heart,
with fasting, and weeping, and mourning;
Rend your hearts, not your garments,
and return to the LORD, your God.
For gracious and merciful is he,
slow to anger, rich in kindness,
and relenting in punishment.
Perhaps he will again relent
and leave behind him a blessing,
Offerings and libations
for the LORD, your God.
Blow the trumpet in Zion!
proclaim a fast,
call an assembly;
Gather the people,
notify the congregation;
Assemble the elders,
gather the children
and the infants at the breast;
Let the bridegroom quit his room
and the bride her chamber.
Between the porch and the altar
let the priests, the ministers of the LORD, weep,
And say, “Spare, O LORD, your people,
and make not your heritage a reproach,
with the nations ruling over them!
Why should they say among the peoples,
‘Where is their God?’”
Then the LORD was stirred to concern for his land
and took pity on his people."
Today we, as Catholics, are called to turn away from our sins and turn toward God. We are reminded that we are not for this earth. We will receive ashes that remind us that our bodies return to to the earth, yet our souls are eternal. We must focus ourselves on God and remove sin and all things that distract us from Him.
I pray that I can lead my family to holiness this Lent. I pray that I can be more loving, patient and kind to others. I pray that I will be lead, much like St. Therese, to find the little way that is pleasing to God.
Amen!
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