A busy couple of months!

OK it's been a while....again. Lora has finished her Cursillo. I just recounted to a friend how I walked into RCIA class one day and Joe Presto said to me that there was a Cursillo scheduled for June and that he had an application for me. I consulted my trusty appointment book. Having positions in four different departments in the hospital made it nearly impossible for me to have 4 days off in a row let alone those 4 particular days. I thought for sure my appointment book would save me! Guess what....IT DID! I know that we are discouraged from Thank You's but I can't count how many I've said to Joe as well as the many others involved with that weekend. I truly believe that I have felt God's love at various times in my life. My wedding, the birth of my children, certain quiet times alone just to name a few. I, however had never experienced the "fullness" of God's love until that weekend. What I took from that weekend...... I had always had a footprints mentality when it came to God. You know the poem where Christ walks right there beside us and is even there to carry us. What I took from Cursillo-CHRIST TRULY IS PRESENT IN THE EUCHARIST AND THEREFORE IS PRESENT IN ME! That may not seem like such a big thing to some cradle catholics but it was a whole new way of thinking for me. I can't count how many times since Cursillo that I have questioned how I can be more "Christ Like". I can now take the quote on the back of my cross "Christ is counting on you!" in a much different way.

On a different note....most of you know that my wife Lora recently lost her job. What a blessing....yes that was no typo- WHAT A BLESSING. Though it has presented some "interesting" financial challenges, I have never seen her in the role she is now assuming. She was always a wonderful wife and mother but watching her handle such disappointment with grace and professionalism has been a great example to both myself and my children. We are also enjoying having her all to ourselves It's like we have been given a gift which we are still unwrapping.

With regard to the "financial challenges". I was praying for some kind of a door to open for us. Through a friend, I learned of a position which was open at Northside Hospital. Knowing that this hospital was in dire straits I had never even thought to apply there. I just finished my hospital orientation and will start as a part time employee at the end of August. GOD CANNOT BE OUTDONE!

DE COLORES!