Personal: The Blizzard of '08 and Childhood Superpowers

[novak]

There was a time in my life when the blizzard raging outside right now would have filled me with thrills of anticipation, especially in its forecast of twelve to eighteen inches of snow accumulating today. The cancellation of the University's sessions today has instead only hit me as an opportunity to do laundry. If you'd told the 9 year-old me

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[friede]

At Mass today I saw a tiny girl the spitting image of Haley race down the aisles during the homily (on sincerity). As I tried later to ignore the people sneaking past my seat after the distribution of the ashes or after Communion, I thought to myself that her glee -- which somehow disturbed no one, even me -- was far more appropriate than the subtle silent sneaking of her elders...

Of course, no one who ends up smiling when they receive ashes should be allowed to say anything on the subject of proper behavior...

[novak]

One of my favourite memories of the young Grace was when I was at Mass when visiting my sister: the psalm had just finished, which was a fairly pleasing if not quite upbeat musical setting, and in the pause before the second reading began, the one year-old Grace shouted out, "Yay!"

And I suddenly realized, as people smiled or laughed quietly, that that, too, like your thoughts today about the Haley look-alike, was probably the best and most appropriate reaction of the lot of us....

[friede]

And yet that "yay" coming out of a dozen teenagers, is why I loathe LifeTeen Masses... hmm.