October 30, 2008

•   ~Potato Farm~

  Please remember Alexandra in your prayers. She is a parishioner that I have never met; she is gravely ill and not able to come to church. Alexandra and her family live  an hour away and Fr. has been out to visit her many times in recent months. A few weeks ago, Alexandra’s husband invited Fr. to bring the children to visit their potato and dairy farm. They went the weekend that Maria~Angelica was sick so we stayed home. The boys were amazed, as was Fr. the first time he went out to visit this lovely family of 5. Their 3 grown sons now run the farm along with a trucking business. I have never seen so many potatoes in one place before! The boys were also intrigued with how the cows lined up to be milked.

   I am glad the boys were able to have this experience. Very often having a priest for a dad means their dad has to be called away from their own lives, but it also brings with it a life of new experiences a new people. I am grateful for all these little experiences and wonderful opportunities for the children.  I hope they will look back at their childhood and think of all the neat things and interesting people that came into their lives because of their dad.

  

   

   

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