As a quick foray back into this blogging thing I wanted to share a little something the kids and I did to celebrate the feast day of St. Therese (which is today).
But first I have to brag on my K. I told her this morning we were going to go to a park with some friends after nap. Not just any friends, the friend who so loves one of K's dolls and will cling to it for dear life if ever in the same room with it. K is always good about sharing this doll with her friend, and always gets it back when the play date is over, even as the friend is in tears having to detach herself from the doll. Well this morning K says, "Momma, I want to bring my doll so [friend] can play with it and then she can bring it home and play with it." Little miss wants to not only share her doll, but let her friend take it home to play with! What a sacrifice! We'll have to wait and see how this pans out.
Back to the main point...
Since one of my goals as a parent is to pass on the faith to my children I want to live the faith, celebrate the faith, and do all that is required joyfully.
Since St. Therese said she would send a shower of roses from heaven, I decided that we'd shower the pastoral and support staff at our parish with roses to commemorate the day. We went to the store, the kids helped me pick out roses (they quickly moved on to pumpkins from there), and then I attached a card to each stem with a ribbon which read, "Sending you a shower of roses! St. Therese, pray for us!"
We went to the church offices. I wanted this to be anonymous, but remembered once there that it was Monday, so a lot of the staff wasn't around in the morning. So K, J and I marched down the hall leaving roses in some doors, visiting with whoever was there after the little ones shyly presented the rose, and leaving the rest in a vase in the office for the others.
Hopefully we brought a little joy to the staff on this Monday. And hopefully the kids learned another lesson in giving.
I think this will be a tradition!
