Stahlke Adoption: March 2016

Thursday, March 31, 2016

Challenge

April showers bring May flowers. And also carpenter ants. Yuck.

Tuesday, March 29, 2016

Birthday!

Peter, our youngest, turned 13 today! A teenager! And it was a joy to celebrate with him in person.

Friday, March 25, 2016

Blessed Good Friday

This morning at 5;45, while driving Sarah to her new job, I recounted the day's schedule to her.

Mom: "Peter is attending the Good Friday worship service at Grace, so that he can eat brunch afterward with the youth group there. Then he acolytes at Trinity for the 12 noon service. Later at 7 pm, he'll be at Trinity again for their evening service, since the entire family will worship then. He's going to get a lot of church today."

Sarah: "Well, he certainly needs it!"

I managed a quick response:
"Yes, we all do."

Thursday, March 24, 2016

From My Sister Anne

Honoring my sister, Mary . . . and all other church musicians as they prepare and play for Holy Week services!

Monday, March 21, 2016

The Joy of the Young

My grand niece Lila:

Saturday, March 19, 2016

Comparisons

For those who know my childhood history, can you imagine that Charlotte's catcher ended up being Paul's mother?

Thursday, March 17, 2016

Location, Location, Location

If I had to pick a place to faint today, what better location than the cardiologist's office?

(Before you get too worried, it was probably an allergic reaction to medication or a "vasovagal syncope," which the technician called a "vagal." In layperson's jargon, a vagal is fainting at the sight of blood or needles.)

Tuesday, March 15, 2016

What Were They Thinking?

Look at the photos below of a restoration project in Spain. For more information, see this website:
http://www.thelocal.es/20160309/spain-restores-muslim-castle-and-the-results-are-terrible

Monday, March 14, 2016

Double Meanings

I told Jonathan that my goal today is to prune our fruit trees. Peter overheard me, and a very quizzical look spread over his face.

"Mom, how can you prune our trees?"

He knew that our fruit trees are pear and cherry, not plum!

Saturday, March 12, 2016

Values

When asked to describe his highest priority, here was Peter's response:

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