February 11, 2006
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~More Random Thoughts~
Gretchen and Christopher have the most BEAUTIFUL little baby girl and their post are always so funny! Here is their blog. Their little Basil is a hoot too!
After two weeks of fighting illnesses we are all healthy and looking forward to going to Church tomorrow. I also have a baby shower for my friend Stephanie, who is expecting her first boy after two little girls. I am taking Maria~Angelica with me. I am really looking forward to Church, brunch with my friends and putting my little girl in her new Ralph Lauren dress (that I found on sale) , tights and pink bow!
I am getting more and more strength but haven’t been able to blog much lately because having more strength means having the desire to organize my house. I would like to have a place for everything and everything in its place. We have too much everything so I am working on paring down so we have enough places! I like Mrs. Catherine’s blog and have been enjoying her pictures. I wear aprons too!
I don’t know what direction to take this blog. When I started blogging I mainly did it as a teaching tool and a way to share about the ancient Christian Church, the Orthodox Church. Now we have a nice message board www.orthodoxchat.com .
When I joined my first message board www.momys.com I discovered other parenting boards and learned a whole bunch about different theories of parenting and the various Christian parenting message boards out there. From my time on those boards I realized that other Christians were not very familiar with my Christian tradition , Eastern Orthodoxy and I really enjoyed sharing my faith. I never knew that the majority of Christians from the Protestant tradition were not at all familiar with the early church, the Church Fathers and the Ecumenical councils. I was at the Christian bookstore yesterday and there really is nothing on the early Church and Eastern Christendom. What struck me most is just what a business a huge industry the Christian market is. So many fads and new fangled books and very little from the 2000 years of Apostolic tradition handed down from Christ to the apostles that we are blessed with in the Holy Orthodox Church.
From my time on line I have been very blessed to come in touch with those seeking the ancient Christian faith and have had the joy of seeing them and their families christmated and baptized; even having the honor to become a godparent to a family I had met on line.
So many amazing things have happened in the last two years which have deepened my faith in Christ and His Church and educated me on other Christian traditions. This has been very helpful to me since our own children attend a Classical and Christian school in the Reformed tradition.
Why am I sharing all this with you? Just because I have some corresponded I need to respond too and I am formulating my thoughts.
So about the direction my blog should take. It started out to be a witness to Orthodoxy and has become much more personal. Real friendships have come out of blogging, a couple Christian parenting boards and www.orthodoxchat.com .
Lent and Pascha are soon approaching and I was on bed rest last year and wasn’t able to go to Church. Last year I watched the Orthodox services live from Greece and blogged about Lent, Holy Week and Pascha (Easter) day by day with explanations from www.goarch.org . Now though I think the majority of my readers are either Orthodox Christians themselves or are familiar with the Church year.
I am so grateful for the many Christian friendships I have made online from ALL traditions! You all have been a blessing to me! I enjoy reading about your families and learning from you.
Re. Lisa H.’s comments about the name Joaquin and the historic Joachim. If Maria~Angelica was a boy we were going to name him Joachim. Here is a thread from GM where I talk about that. I shared that with Lisa on Becky’s blog.
Well I hope to post some pics soon. And to those of you that have sent me e-mails and I haven’t responded, do know that I am reading them and your blogs but don’t always have the time or a hand free to type in a response. I do pray for you all and light a candle for you at Church.
Have a blessed Sunday!
~GLORY BE TO GOD FOR ALL THINGS!!~
Comments (9)
Your blog is very interesting! I saw you on Peach’s site. I’m going to have my husband read your blog. He loves stuff like this! Your wedding picture is pretty! :heartbeat:
I enjoy your blog. I don’t go to orthodox.com (no time!) but I do skim your readings and usually learn a little something.
Blessings!
I love your blog. What comes across loud and clear is your love for the Orthodox church and all people. There is an excitement when you blog about Orthodoxy that is refreshing. This is encouraging because sometimes I have wondered if sitting through liturgy year after year, would it become dull. I see that over the years the love for it can become deeper. I also think it’s interesting to hear about your life as a Presvytera. You blog about things that our own Presvytera’s don’t/can’t tell us. I hope you keep it up!
I love your blog too!!! So do the kids…they love seeing the photos of their…uh..
.godfamily??? It makes us all feel like we are much closer in distance than we are!! :littlekiss: It was so neat in Church today…Fr. Paul had it be Godparent Sunday…or maybe it is everywhere? But we were all as a Church able to renew our Baptism vows, and then next Saturday is the Feast day of St. Philothei…so we will go to Vespers, and it will be our 1yr anniversary(?) 
of being received into the Church!!
Ha! Lisa!! I think we do look alike too!! I also see our personalities the same as well!! Besides the fact we have the same name!!! I have read your blog, and your comments as well, and feel your fun personality through them as well.:sunny: That really is oddly funny. I feel some connection too!! Maybe we are indeed twins!?! I’ve always wanted a sister!!!:goodjob: Can I call you sis?!?:coolman:
Ah-ah! Didn’t notice the icons before. These are great!!:fun:
Very very late, need to get some:sleepy:. Alright enough of them. Thanks for your prayers!! I like you already!!!
I like your blog a lot. There seems to be an epidemic of people shutting down blogs, and I hope you are immune to it. I love to see the pictures. You share your lives with us and that is a gift for us, indeed. You can’t post so many pictures so easily at Orthodox Chat, can you? Whatever you write, I will want to read it. :love:
“I like your blog a lot. There seems to be an epidemic of people shutting down blogs, and I hope you are immune to it. I love to see the pictures. You share your lives with us and that is a gift for us, indeed.”
I agree. Tamara is so articulate. :goodjob:
I do think that with lent approaching, I notice that we Orthodox usually take stock in our lives, and want to give up things that may be distracting us for a time ~ in order to concentrate more on prayer, almsgiving, and fasting, etc., all the stuff of lent that we hope sticks to us (and in us) throughout the year. Don’t know if that is what you were considering or not. I was not clear on that.
I like what your blog is, although I suspect that it will grow and change as do all of our interests.
I also like your wedding photo!