Life and All That
Inherited a black kitty named Pippin yesterday. Austin, one of our staff, raised Pippin from a kitten but now that she is 16, has developed terrible allergies and sadly, had to find a new home for her. Pippin is remarkably healthy and limber for her age. She found a hole in the wall behind the dryer last night and spent the night there but decided to come out and meet and greet this morning. She is now wandering about the Tuscan villa, bewailing her fate and throwing up occasionally. She is very friendly between spasms of angst so there is hope.
The New Year's Race has begun. I'll be home 13 days in January - and 13 days in February. Fr. Mike will be on the road even more than I. That's what happens when you have 24 events to put on around the country. I have some juicy stuff to blog - but must get laundry underway first.
I'm off tomorrow afternoon for a one day Called & Gifted for Catholic School Teachers in Houston with my friend Barbara Elliott. Then home for the weekend and off at the crack of dawn on Monday with Fr. Mike and another friend to offer an abridged version of the Making Disciples seminar for the Dominican pastors and parish leaders of the Western Province. Back Thursday evening, Jan 10.
Then off Friday morning, Jan 11 to catch a flight from Denver to Seattle to a kind of family reunion and to celebrate my sister's birthday. Back on January 16.
So blogging will be catch as catch can on my part till January 17. Airport lounges, hotel rooms with wi-fi, cafes, etc. Fr. Mike will be around more in early January so you will be hearing from him, I'm sure.
Just a reminder re: Called & Gifted offerings in the near future:
Jan 4/5: Spanish language Called & Gifted, St. Isidore's Parish, Bloomingdale, IL
Jan 4/5: Called & Gifted workshop, St. Patrick's Catholic Church, Pasco, WA
Jan 11/12: Two Called & Gifted workshops in the Seattle area:
St. Stephen the Martyr, Renton
St. Brendan's, Bothell
and two workshops that same weekend in Jetmore, Kansas:
Jan 12: St. Lawrence Catholic Church, Jetmore
Jan 13: High School/teen Called & Gifted, Jetmore
Click here for our whole upcoming event schedule
More blogging later today.
posted by Sherry W @ 9:36 AM
2 Comments
2 Comments:
We had to have our poor old cat Rupert put down last week, just two months short of his turning 16. He arrived in a most unusual manner. One Sunday in early June 1992 two of my children were serving Mass (we live barely 5 minutes walk from the church) when up the centre aisle strolls this super confident ginger catten (about 12 weeks old) and immediately smooges the servers legs and generally puts on a great distractive performance until with much amusement William gently carried him outside. He was a stray and "on the run" as it were, stealing food wherever he could. A week later he turned up at home. I said he couldn't stay but five children (17 - 9) overuled me. Rupert became an institution and always waited out the front for the last one to arrive home, his white shirtfront and gleaming eyes invariably visible in the headlights as soon as we turned into the street. We buried him under the grassed area beside the footpath(sidewalk)where he always waited for us. Four nights ago I dreamed about Rupert - the only animal I have ever dreamed of.
Stephen Sparrow (who still cannot remember his blogger password/address combo.)
Stephen:
I'm so sorry to hear about the loss of Rupert, who sounds like a real personality! Pets become such a major part of the family as Rupert obviously was. Pippin seems to be adjusting after the first shock and seems remarkably healthy and able to jump for her age. Her former owner says that she had a cat who lived to be 25 so Pippin may be a part of our lives for years to come.
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