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Monday, February 14, 2011
Happy St. Valentine's Day!
In honor of the festivities of today (February 14), I figured I'd change up my playlist a bit. So, for a while now, you can listen to some love songs :) Enjoy! And a Happy St. Valentine's Day to you all!
Sunday, February 6, 2011
A Tale of Two Kids
I have blogged on here before about how different my two kids are. Don't get me wrong, they do have some similarities (like how they derive great pleasure from annoying me by annoying each other), but their personalities and traits and habits definitely have some unique qualities! And I love them for their individuality, as well as for their commonalities.
Today at mass, Monsignor Waldo pointed out one of their most obvious differences. It all started with Aaron asking if we could get to mass early so he could serve, even though he wasn't scheduled to. So we arrived early, he peeked into the vesting room, and told me there were already 3 servers, so we went and sat down in the sanctuary. Then, Monsignor came up with 2 servers (not 3) to point out where they were supposed to sit now (with the changes we are making for the church becoming the cathedral, we will have to add a Bishop's chair, which is requiring some rearranging of furniture). I elbowed Aaron and pointed out that there were only 2 servers and asked if he still wanted to serve. He said no.
A few minutes later, Monsignor came back into the sanctuary, motioned to Aaron with his finger, and asked if he'd serve. Of course, Aaron can't tell Monsignor no, so he went to get changed.
After mass, I thanked Monsignor for asking Aaron to serve and mentioned that Aaron could never say no to him. To this, Monsignor said, "Aaron barely speaks to me, unless I directly ask him something, and even then, sometimes I have to coax him to respond." Then, he pointed to Sadie and said, "Unlike this one. She talks to me all the time. Not shy at all, at least not around me." Then, he reminded me of how she went up to him and sat by him at the closing mass for the ACTS retreat that Toby went on.
And he was 100% correct. He knows my kids pretty well, I guess. One that is more shy and introverted, and the other who has pretty much never met a stranger, and isn't afraid at all to let someone knows how much she cares for them.
I did point out to Aaron that if he is going to be a rock star, then he's going to have to get past his shyness...
Today at mass, Monsignor Waldo pointed out one of their most obvious differences. It all started with Aaron asking if we could get to mass early so he could serve, even though he wasn't scheduled to. So we arrived early, he peeked into the vesting room, and told me there were already 3 servers, so we went and sat down in the sanctuary. Then, Monsignor came up with 2 servers (not 3) to point out where they were supposed to sit now (with the changes we are making for the church becoming the cathedral, we will have to add a Bishop's chair, which is requiring some rearranging of furniture). I elbowed Aaron and pointed out that there were only 2 servers and asked if he still wanted to serve. He said no.
A few minutes later, Monsignor came back into the sanctuary, motioned to Aaron with his finger, and asked if he'd serve. Of course, Aaron can't tell Monsignor no, so he went to get changed.
After mass, I thanked Monsignor for asking Aaron to serve and mentioned that Aaron could never say no to him. To this, Monsignor said, "Aaron barely speaks to me, unless I directly ask him something, and even then, sometimes I have to coax him to respond." Then, he pointed to Sadie and said, "Unlike this one. She talks to me all the time. Not shy at all, at least not around me." Then, he reminded me of how she went up to him and sat by him at the closing mass for the ACTS retreat that Toby went on.
And he was 100% correct. He knows my kids pretty well, I guess. One that is more shy and introverted, and the other who has pretty much never met a stranger, and isn't afraid at all to let someone knows how much she cares for them.
I did point out to Aaron that if he is going to be a rock star, then he's going to have to get past his shyness...
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