oh, Tapioca, you’re so sweet. (but you forgot to mention the part that even after 10 kids: not a single UV ray, not a moment of gravity and not one calorie has had ANY effect on me!!!)
a couple of things:
*if every time you come to visit, my husband brings home tapioca pudding in your honor, my kids will insist you visit monthly!!
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we love your baby. CAF friends, a wonderful thing to witness: Tapioca and her beautiful baby. they fit like hand and glove. they are both naturals at loving each other. instead of 4 (plus nine) months, they look like they’ve been together for a long time. what a joy to see a new mom feel so profoundly ‘right’ in her relationship with Baby.
*it was so much ***my ***pleasure, Tapioca. in the Jewish tradition, to accept a gift is to
give a gift-- a mitzvah, a blessing. by allowing my family and me to host you and Beautiful Boy for the weekend, you gave us a mitzvah-- a wonderful blessing and gift. thank you.
*bishop Flores was really excellent, wasn’t he? will you or seeker Jen keep an eye for when the conference releases his talk on CD for sale? CAF folks would love to hear it, I’m sure.
*you have powerful prayers, Tapioca. Bernadette and I approached the border praying the rosary, but the lines, though short, were stopped. Tapioca, people were asked to step out of cars. flashlights everywhere. cars were re-routed off the customs line right in front of us. of the forty cars ahead of us in various lines, all were slow though, at least half were more delayed, at least a quarter were physically detained and searched. I assured Bernadette that even though customs experience made us feel threatened, we were not. Tapioca, we were through customs in four minutes. FOUR MINUTES. the travelers all around us must have thought we were diplomats. FOUR minutes. !!!
- oh. that check? it’s in the mail. i sent it back to you.
next time, Seeker Jen, Tapioca and I will be visiting the Nat’l Shrine of the Little Flower and Fr. Solanus Casey’s Capuchin Friary. that’s out your way. . we want you to come.
also, seeker Jen and i will meet sometime before the new year in A2, i think. right?
queene anne, pack the kids and hop an amtrak. i’ll pick you up in ann arbor!
it was a wonderful weekend. God is sooo good to us all.
My baby is sure going to miss all the spoiling he got over the weekend!
. Anyways, I totally agree, Bishop Flores was incredible! It was such a moving talk that he gave.
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