The first reading of the Baccalaueate Mass was the reading from Ecclesiastes...it begins 'there is an appointed time for everything". A perfect reading for one moving from one stage of life to the next. The past few weeks as Colleen prepared for graduation and the boys wrapped up lessons for the year I have felt the reality of these words. I want so much to cling to this time. I have a wonderful husband and 4 little birdies still in the nest. We sit around the dinner table most nights and get loud as we share our lives. Sometimes (ok probably oftentimes) I try to tone it down a notch but truth be known I love those times around the table, loudness and all. This past week the kids and I stopped at a yard sale and I bought 4 books on teatime and a Emilie Barnes book on Timeless Treasures. The timeless treasure book caused me to look around my house and see so many treasures... knick knacks, photographs, books, children's art projects, our dining room set and so many more things that are tangible things that tell our life story. It was special to have my eyes opened to this. Then on the way to Canton I grabbed one of the teatime books to look at in the car and the theme of it is the reading from Ecclesiastes..funny how that happens so many times and when it does I know God has a very important lesson for me and I just better pay attention.
Monday, June 7, 2010
A Time for Everything
The first reading of the Baccalaueate Mass was the reading from Ecclesiastes...it begins 'there is an appointed time for everything". A perfect reading for one moving from one stage of life to the next. The past few weeks as Colleen prepared for graduation and the boys wrapped up lessons for the year I have felt the reality of these words. I want so much to cling to this time. I have a wonderful husband and 4 little birdies still in the nest. We sit around the dinner table most nights and get loud as we share our lives. Sometimes (ok probably oftentimes) I try to tone it down a notch but truth be known I love those times around the table, loudness and all. This past week the kids and I stopped at a yard sale and I bought 4 books on teatime and a Emilie Barnes book on Timeless Treasures. The timeless treasure book caused me to look around my house and see so many treasures... knick knacks, photographs, books, children's art projects, our dining room set and so many more things that are tangible things that tell our life story. It was special to have my eyes opened to this. Then on the way to Canton I grabbed one of the teatime books to look at in the car and the theme of it is the reading from Ecclesiastes..funny how that happens so many times and when it does I know God has a very important lesson for me and I just better pay attention.
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