The Occasional Blog

Feb. 8, 2008

Resurrection!

Yes, this blog has been resurrected! I know I’ve been absent for a while (more than a month…yikes!), but I’m back, and hopefully I’ll be posting more often.

So, why haven’t I posted in so long? I guess you could say that schoolwork took over my life for a little bit. This quarter, my college composition class has been CRAZY HARD. I've been spending every spare moment compiling my 50 resources for my annotated bibliography and researching each one, taking notes and writing my 20-page paper. Yeah. I'd rather not talk about it. Thankfully, I have a little break in the homework this week, so I'm trying to catch up with the rest of my life.

About 3 weeks ago, our youth group went to Washington D.C. for the March for Life. It was one of the greatest experiences of my life! We had such a good time; everyone bonded so much. I never thought I'd have friends like that again. It really was amazing. We got to stay at Michael's friend's parish in Maryland where we had a huge lock-in with the youth group there. We attended Sunday Mass at the St. Elizabeth Ann Seton Shrine which was beautiful. The night before the march, we attended the Salesian Vigil for Life. All I have to say about that is CONFESSION IS POWERFUL!!! (and Fr. Steve is one of the coolest priests ever) The march was tiring, but worth it. Every second of it was for the babies. Oh, and I got interviewed on TV a couple times. That was cool. =D

I haven't been reading as much as I would like since I've been so busy, but right now I'm in the middle of The Complete Stories by Flannery O'Connor and a book called Mystics and Miracles by Bert Ghezzi. Both of them are interesting; I only wish I had more time to sit down and really get into them. Also, I know it's late, but I plan on starting up the SAYR again. We'll be reading The Giver by Lois Lowry. Let me know if you're interested in joining us!

Oh, I guess I should pass on the news that Mother had an ultrasound and the baby is a boy! His name is Gregory Lawrence. Yes, unlike *some people*, we name our children before they're born. ;) Samuel likes to hug Mother's belly and say, "I love you, baby Gregory!" It's just the cutest thing. I love my little boys.

It's hard to believe that Lent came so early this year. Today's the third day and it has already been powerful. I'm doing a novena, so let me know if there's something I can pray for you! I'll have to write up an entirely separate post just to talk about Lent; it really is awesome. You gotta hear it.

Well, I've missed you all over the last month! I want to catch up on how you're doing! Tell me all. =D I saw on some blogs that you did a skirt-wearing challenge or something like that. It was fun seeing some of the pictures. Maybe I'll post some of myself; I've been wearing skirts more often lately.

Hoping to hear from you,
Sylvia

• Post A Comment! • Send to a Friend!

Comments

Feb. 8, 2008 - Untitled Comment

Posted by Your SSA

Well, this Super Secret Angel session is over, but I don't know if I am supposed to tell you who I am. (If you haven't already guessed!)

I have really enjoyed being you SSA, and getting to know more about you. I hope you are doing well.