Category: Dear Son

Delivering Food For Families this Thanksgiving morning

Epcot parking lot row marker
So coincidental that we parked in this row (16, as in the number of volunteer years) at Epcot yesterday.

 

Delivering Food For Families this Thanksgiving morning. We began doing this in 1999, the year before our son was born. We then did it on Christmas morning 1999, and Easter morning 2000. Those are the three times each year it’s offered.

Our son was born later that year, 2000, and we’ve been doing this three times a year for 16 years.

Each of the 48 mornings seem so insignificant by themselves.

Note: We missed this past Christmas due to a Family visit in Pennsylvania.

 

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Are you exceptionally comfortable building a fire?

cooking fire
Using what we found in our backyard, we built a great base.

 

cooking fire
After the initial large flare up, the fire will settle into embers and small flames.

 

cooking fire
Yesterday was the coolest Orlando day in seven months.

 

Are you exceptionally comfortable building a fire? We built a “cooking” fire last night in our backyard. Making a fire in a residential area is a piece of cake for me. Why? i’ve been making and using “campfires” for close to 50 years. It’s easy for me.

Then i got to thinking this morning. Are we exceptionally comfortable building a daily fire in our heart? A fire for loving a God we cannot see?

 

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What happens when you leave?

Disney Institute website screen shot
Last night while surfing Disney Institute’s website. It’s easy to leave the Church too.

 

Cheryl went to work yesterday (Sunday) morning because her workload is intense right now. (She also worked all day Saturday too.) Our Son and i went to Mass in the morning. Later in the day i asked him to shape his opinion of Christians based on the ones who seem less hypocritical.

 

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Dear Son, anywhere you want

Holy Family Church Orlando
For years we sat front row, left.

 

Yesterday morning i asked the 15- year old, “Where do you want to sit? We can sit anywhere.” Because we arrived 20 minutes early, our choices were endless.

He picked the very last row.

 

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Dear Son, what dominates your spirit?

birthday party
Yesterday afternoon. Can you remember being 14 and what dominated your spirit?

 

Dear Son, what dominates your spirit?

You have had little to no testing of your faith. No need for deep reassurance. No profound loss. Not even full-blown hope or faith about your future.

What dominates your spirit now is typical for what dominates 14 and 15 year old spirits. Don’t be discouraged by the gap you see and feel from your spirit and your parent’s spirits.

Maturity isn’t just about the age.

 

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