Ok, I promise not to be excessively depressing and morbid today though it's hard, really it is. But I don't want to drive everyone away when I just started blogging. Still it was hard to take my husband's picture down and list myself as a "widow".
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(not me--but close enough)
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1) I am thrilled to hear that both Jen and Hallie's little boys are here (from Conversion Diary and Moxie Wife), but concerned about and praying for Jen's little one who is having breathing issues and is in the NICU. Please pray for little Joseph Thomas, that all will be well, that Jen herself will be protected from blod clots, and that the family will soon be reunited.
2) Pope Francis--I missed the whole thing while I was in Houston with my darling during his last days, so I am only just now getting to know anything about him. I thought he was Italian until just a couple days ago, lol! But he seems like a very decent sort of guy--very much a "man of the people" who does not put on airs--and I like that. He has a friendly smile, too. And I love the name he chose! I can't believe no one chose it before!
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Pope Francis, smilin' away!
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3) I have a TON of wonderful books to read, as I have gotten quite behind on my reading, as you might well imagine. My sweet husband got me a subscription to National Geographic just before he passed, so I get to read about all my fantasy destinations--the Congo, Denmark, Greenland, the Northern Lights, Yellowstone at Christmas, etc. I will probably never get to any of them, as I am not the type of person who has that sort of income, but it's nice to dream, and I hope my Robert is up there in Heaven seeing every inch of God's creation and marveling over it.
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Christmas at Yellowstone
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4) I really want to start celebrating the liturgical year with my son Daniel, who is 13. But how do I do this when I don't know much about it in the first place, as a relatively new Catholic, and when his interest is minimal to moderate at best, and when we are both grieving over our loss, and when I am a lousy creative person? He's too old for most of the "kid" stuff but bored by the adult stuff, and has ADHD as well as Aspergers. Any suggestions?
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Liturgical Year
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5) haven't been doing much cooking or cleaning beyond the basics--laundry and dishes--since coming home from Houston. I want to create a peaceful space for myself, at least in my bedroom. Our house is older--1980--and small--what they call a "starter home"---and hasn't been repainted, recarpeted or had the linoleum changed since 1987. It's hideous. I have never painted, laid carpet or linoleum, etc in my life. I'm still trying to wrap my head around paying the bills. But it would be nice to have at least one clean, comforting room to go into.
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Not my house but you get the general idea
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6)All the meaning of life is contained in the original version of Disney's Fantasia.
7) Hard core grief sucks.
