This happened a month ago now, and I still hold onto this sight knowing that it could be another long stretch in time before they will be together again!
The two are from the group of 3 girls, who are just older than the group of boys born in 6 weeks... Evangeline and Josephine. They seem to appreciate the LIFE we have in abundance! Each of them is a big sister to one of the boys! So wonderful to have more siblings to share our lives with and not caring so much about the stuff, which is passing and nothing in comparison!
Ruth/mom shared that Joy loves to be out and about, so when the tractors and bale wagons are busy it just is so much safer to have Joy with grandma in the pickup. She played with her new boots, ate popcorn, sang songs, and smiled a lot. She gets very excited when she sees mom driving the tractor with the big bale rack which holds 14 bales, or dad picking them up in the big red tractor, or she loves to say "Hello Papa" into the two way radio while grandpa is taking the bales off our rack. It makes grandpa smile and wave at his sweet little girl!
Singing her joyfilled songs about mommy, daddy, and her new boots which mommy got for her in the bag sale!
"Offer to God praise as your sacrifice
and fulfill your vows to the Most High;
Then call upon me in time of distress;
I will rescue you, and you shall glorify me."
R. Offer to God a sacrifice of praise.
and fulfill your vows to the Most High;
Then call upon me in time of distress;
I will rescue you, and you shall glorify me."
R. Offer to God a sacrifice of praise.
Psalm 50 from mass today seems to apply to my happy sweet companion and also in the future of her life with the ups and downs that come to each one of us. Always give your concerns and challenges to Jesus, and when we see his fingerprint on our lives - thank Him with the sacrifice of praise to lift us up and bring us closer to Him and heaven forever with Jesus, Mary, The Angels and Saints!
They will be coming down in a few weeks for our county fair in which Nancy showed beef and geology and photography and it was part of what made her the person she is today. 4H along with Catholic School led her on the path to presenting herself and self-confidence!
I came across these today from last winter - Hallel with Nancy's 4 in KC sharing the School of the Word.
It has been so wonderful to have our two daughters living in and around KC... for them to share their lives and with each other and for us to visit both of them when down there. That has now changed and our new normal is that Nancy and Bill are just 2 1/2 hours away in Delano. Hallel is currently in France - gathering with her entire Community of the Lamb for two months. We hope that she will return to KC in September, but we need to wait and see.
We discovered when Maria and I went down to spend a few days with Hallel after Nancy had moved away... we can live with them in Lumen Christi/LIGHT of Christ Monastery!
It was really special and wonderful to live right there and have deep spiritual times in the chapel with both girls just walking down the hall to the LIGHT filled chapel!
Hallel had to cook for all of us... but she did have some great helpers, too!
Living there, eating together, helping with the cooking and the clean up, praying together and School of the Word shared...
It was super special to bring Berna and Gus back to KC to see the s. They loved this special time right there with Hallel and The Community... a crown made from rose petals after we sorted through a lot of flowers they got from a grocery store...
Three meals a day with this bunch!
Romeo in the middle seems to be a natural... LOVE!
The grandkids that got to share in this special time living with our Family of the Lamb by the Grotto of the Nativity behind the Little Brothers' Monastery - the LIGHT of Mary the Mother of God!
I can envision our families... Ruth's, Nancy's, Maria's of John's going to have some special time living right there with Hallel and the Little Sisters! Oh yeah, Pat and I also!
The 10 who shared in this close time with Aunt Hallel… 14 year old Simon has a hollow leg, and Hector doesn't eat yet other than mom milk... so they about evened out in food consumption!
The boys helped (?) Aunt Hallel with the mowing, too!
Even 2 1/2 year old Evie helped in the kitchen. "My life is prayer and dishes." Hallel is famous for saying and we got to share in that life!
Did I mention flowers?
Lord, we know not how it will look, but we have no doubt that future family times will happen and be filled with deep love... sharing our LOVE for you and for each other. Jesus, we trust in you. Bless-bless, Barb and my domestic Church/family!
"Wounded, I will not cease to love." Motto of The Community of the Lamb... may we live this by dying to self so that you may live in us.
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