Angels Watching Over Me

Lucy lost her North Face jacket.

Last Christmas, we had a technology-free Christmas that involved North Face jackets and Dover books.

I discovered her jacket was missing when she came downstairs dressed for school in my jacket, which she had not asked if she could borrow.  Her jacket was last seen in early 2012.  It had been missing for at least six months before we I noticed.

She also recently ruined her cell phone in a fit of rage.

And to top it all off, the hoodie I bought her at the Salvation Army just last week, got left at her last volleyball game.

I was steamed.  So, I lectured her about her inability to care for her belongings and her spoiled rottenness.  I also told her she owed me mucho buckso, for the repair cost of the phone, the replacement cost of her jacket, and the $2.50 I spent on the hoodie. 

Next, I started making phone calls.  I started with the grandmothers.  I called my mom on her birthday, which also happened to be the Feast of the Little Flower and asked if by any chance had we left the jacket there in March, and not discovered it in our dozen or so trips to STL since then.  She said she hadn't seen it, but that I should ask Lucy's guardian angel to tell her where it is.

That night when I picked Lucy up from volleyball practice, I sent her back into the gym to get the left-behind hoodie.  We had a "discussion" about the location of the lost and found box.  She claimed it was in the cafeteria, but I know the Athletic Department has their own box.

She finally went back in and came out with the hoodie and said,"I found the box and my hoodie was on top, and when I picked it up, guess what was underneath?" as she waved the missing North Face around with glee.

This event happened on the eve of the Feast of the Guardian Angels.

Fist Bump to the Angels, and St. Therese too.

7 Quick Takes First Friday in Lent

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I witnessed guardian angels at work today. 

It snowed here last night, a couple of inches of the heavy wet stuff that clings to bare tree branches and look beautiful.  Not enough to merit a snow day mind you.  As Baby J and I were driving Lucy and Edmund to school, I saw a mighty big limb come flying down into the street, RIGHT BETWEEN two moving cars.  This limb would have done some serious damage.  Edmund surmised that should this limb have hit our car, it may have made the airbags go off.  I suspect Edmund would love to see the airbags go off.

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I'm exhausted from THREE weeks of a coughing, snot-faced baby.  There.  I said it.  I make it a point not to complain on Facebook or on my blog (well, I try).  I hate reading posts about kids barfing in the night and status updates about other people's sinus infections and migraines.  Heads Up!  Everyone's kids barf in the night!  Nighttime is for barfing, or couging up lungs, or just couging every 30 seconds followed by gagging and barfing.  That's what parenting is all about. 

Now, I feel better.  And I might go to Starbucks today.  Because it's worth it.

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Which leads me to Quick Takes #3.  Marcel.  I adore Marcel.  I quote him incessantly.  I coax Baby J along just like Marcel coaxes his pet piece of lint.  I wish there was a full length movie.  Who knew I could love a shell so much?

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Quick Take #3 has me already feeling more chipper less bittcher.  That's a combination of bitter and another word.  So have some more Marcel, on me.

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March 10th, Baby J and I are going to the Behold Conference in Peoria.  Jen Fulwiler gives the conference a shout out in her Quick Takes today.  She's going to be there too.  I'll try not to make a fool out of myself if/when I meet her, like I did when I met Mashup Mom in the grocery store.

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Yesterday, when I got all verklempt about my kids growing up, I mentioned Fr. John, but I neglected to mention that he was my classmate at the University of Dallas many moons ago.   He kept looking at old yearbooks while we were prepping dinner and then warning us not to let our kids see our yearbooks.  Curious.  What could be in there?  I must have a look-see.

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An update from my Meatless Mania post.  The Falafel Pitas were very yummy.  We put the falafel (falafels?) into pita pockets with red pepper and cucumber slices and Tzatzaki sauce from Costco.  That Tzatziki sauce is good stuff.  I use it as dip, sandwich spread, and salad dressing.  You might think I was a paid sponsor of Costco, but I'm not.  Though I'd like to be.

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