Lord, That I May See

to reach out and touch my world: I always love this milestone.  He is looking and thinking so hard and I know what he wants!  

It's been a long, long week for me and my little homebody boy. I am finishing my Catechesis of the Good Shepherd formation this month. I began last July with 9 days of class and this month is the second part -- 9 MORE days of class. I have completed 6 of this summer's 9 and so only have 3 more days next week. Then I will be a certified Level I Catechist. I can't believe it!  I am so excited!   Sparky has been my little class-going buddy this last week. Poor guy is feeling dragged around, I think. He likes his own home and his own bed and his own routine. The lack of all those things makes him really fussy and overstimulated and by the end of every day he is pretty much inconsolable on the way home and in the evening. It is sad and hard for both of us but I am clinging to the knowledge that somehow this is where we are meant to be. Maybe this is Sparky's lesson in flexibility or something and Mommys lesson in patience.  :)  All-in-all, I am so grateful fo...

says my brother. Oh yes. She is.  She sleeps with her feet on her pillow, she won't wear pants or shorts to save her life, but wears her pajamas over her clothes, and her church shoes to the park. She naps on the bare floor, hides candy in her bed, has an imaginary "little boy" and a "little girl" who occasionally eat or work or play with her.  Cute? Yes. Hard to be patient with? Yes to that too.  I was patient when Sunshine, left alone at the table to finish dinner, calls me to say "Look, Mommy, it's a cheese house!" and I see a big pile of shredded Mexican cheese molded and squished into a stack on her plate.   I was patient when I was interrupted while nursing Sparky by her little face covered in food and the announcement "I'm eating the bag of bacon [bits]!" Then when five minutes later I came into the bathroom to see her, face and fingers covered in makeup, gouges and blending across the entire compact's e...