It looks like I'll need to be away for yet another day. Between sacramental preparation, broken household appliances, operating system upgrades, and everything else in life, I have found myself in need of two of three days off from the blog. I hadn't anticipated the dryer going out, but I was looking forward to the Vista release (I'm sure there's a joke in there somewhere). More importantly, my youngest son is receiving his first Reconciliation this week--it's a real job preparing an autistic child for his first confession. I take that back--it's a real job preparing any child for life, and not a bad job at that.
I should be back no later than Friday evening with fresh material.
Now that's a telling pic! We dealt with a broken dishwasher during the Christmas season. We had the Big Meal on plastic, to the delight of our guests, who didn't feel guilty tossing the plates in the trash.
The not-too-cooperative repairman wanted to blame everyone and anyone for the problem except the manufacturer (bad circuit board), then he left behind a dime bag on my floor!
Needless to say, I can relate a bit...
Posted by: marco frisbee | February 01, 2007 at 06:32 AM
I'll keep your son in prayer, DDW - how sweet. As parent but also as r.e. teacher I helped ready a few years' worth of children for this wonderful sacrament (which of course underlined for me even more its need and grace), and it's a rewarding age group. But I'm guessing one must approach everything differently for a child with autism?
Posted by: HC | February 02, 2007 at 07:45 AM
Hmm..did you mean Friday of this year?
I pray all is well
Posted by: HC | February 06, 2007 at 01:06 PM
Sigh. I guess we just have to accept the fact that dd has a life. Sigh. Feels like when I don't get enough caffeine.
Posted by: Gabrielle | February 06, 2007 at 03:02 PM
:-) It's nice when folks have lives.
Posted by: HC | February 06, 2007 at 07:54 PM