Can't help but be happy when the first day of the week and the first day of the month are the same, and when the month in question is December!
So much to say...so many blogs in my head just waiting to be written.
We had a wonderful weekend, book-ended with the driving-accompanied-by-coffee with brother Kevin.
In a quick summary, some highlights of the weekend included
- A research trip to Dickson and learning how the museum and archives operate;
- Babysitting little cousins and watching Cinderella, discussing the pros and cons of being a princess;
- Helping out with the craft sale, selling the pretty ornaments you see in the picture above, and seeing so many people from my growing-up years in our hometown;
- Coffee with my parents half-way through the craftsale, and hanging out with my youngest brother (who, it should be clarified, may be the youngest, but is NOT "the baby");
- More cousin time on Sunday, playing Clue and laughing harder and being sillier than I have in a long time.
In other words, it was a long-needed and much-anticipated family reunion, in addition to being a busy craft sale. And it was wonderful.
Finally, on the topic of Advent:
At church on Sunday, mentioned in passing but not really dwelt upon to the degree that I would have liked, was the fact that we were celebrating the first Sunday in Advent. We lit the candle of Hope, because the birth of Jesus represents the greatest Hope that we could ever hope for! Because of Jesus, we have steadfast knowledge that no matter what happens in life, we have the Eternal Hope of our Saviour. Halleluia!
From the Anglican Book of Common Prayer, on the Occasion of the First Sunday in Advent:
"Almighty God, give us grace that we may cast away the works of darkness, and put upon us the armour of light, now in the time of this mortal life, in which thy Son Jesus Christ came to visit us in great humility; that in the last day, when he shall come again in his glorious Majesty, to judge both the quick and the dead, we may rise to the life immortal; through him who liveth and reigneth with thee and the Holy Ghost, now and forever.
Amen."
Monday, December 01, 2008
Can't help but be happy when the first day of the week and the first day of the month are the same, and when the month in question is December!
So much to say...so many blogs in my head just waiting to be written.
We had a wonderful weekend, book-ended with the driving-accompanied-by-coffee with brother Kevin.
In a quick summary, some highlights of the weekend included
- A research trip to Dickson and learning how the museum and archives operate;
- Babysitting little cousins and watching Cinderella, discussing the pros and cons of being a princess;
- Helping out with the craft sale, selling the pretty ornaments you see in the picture above, and seeing so many people from my growing-up years in our hometown;
- Coffee with my parents half-way through the craftsale, and hanging out with my youngest brother (who, it should be clarified, may be the youngest, but is NOT "the baby");
- More cousin time on Sunday, playing Clue and laughing harder and being sillier than I have in a long time.
In other words, it was a long-needed and much-anticipated family reunion, in addition to being a busy craft sale. And it was wonderful.
Finally, on the topic of Advent:
At church on Sunday, mentioned in passing but not really dwelt upon to the degree that I would have liked, was the fact that we were celebrating the first Sunday in Advent. We lit the candle of Hope, because the birth of Jesus represents the greatest Hope that we could ever hope for! Because of Jesus, we have steadfast knowledge that no matter what happens in life, we have the Eternal Hope of our Saviour. Halleluia!
From the Anglican Book of Common Prayer, on the Occasion of the First Sunday in Advent:
"Almighty God, give us grace that we may cast away the works of darkness, and put upon us the armour of light, now in the time of this mortal life, in which thy Son Jesus Christ came to visit us in great humility; that in the last day, when he shall come again in his glorious Majesty, to judge both the quick and the dead, we may rise to the life immortal; through him who liveth and reigneth with thee and the Holy Ghost, now and forever.
Amen."
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