Friday night I was up with foot and leg cramps about 5 times during the night. It made for an awful night's sleep, following a short one the two previous nights.
Saturday, I got the choir area set up early, then went with my wife to buy some tomato, pepper, and herb plants.
Great Easter liturgies w/ Fr. Dave (vigil, 10:30) and Fr. Satish (8). 14 baptisms at vigil, making it a very long service, so it was about 1 a.m. before I got to bed. I was committed to 8 a.m. mass, too, so another short night. But both Easter morning services were also very nice. The wonderful bonus at 10:30 mass was ministering in music as our dear friends' twin grandchildren were baptized.
We had a wonderful meal together, and though my 30-minute afternoon nap was a little shorter than I probably needed, it was a small price to pay.
I was really sad, though, at not hearing from our youngest daughter. I'd left a voice message, and didn't hear anything back. I was feeling a bit of a hole in my heart, despite the otherwise great day we were having. Then, just after our cousins left, we got a text that our youngest and her boyfriend were going to come by for a short while. I felt so relieved, then overjoyed when I heard her kids' voices shouting their Happy Easter greetings as they came through the door!
Still, this made me aware of what our oldest is going through. I've got to try to help her son get over his anger at her and reconcile.
I still have some Good Friday thoughts to share . . .
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