This past weekend, we broke away from our usual routine and attended the vigil Mass on Saturday night instead of our usual Mass at 8:00 Sunday morning.\u00a0 My family does not generally embrace change well.\u00a0 I tease them that the family motto is \u201cCommutationum timemus\u201d or \u201cWe fear change.\u201d<\/p>\n
Our lives are so fast paced.\u00a0 We live by a tight schedule and try to fit everyone and everything in.\u00a0 Imagine my delight on Sunday morning wen we woke up and there was nothing to do but simply be.\u00a0 The Computer Guy and I curled up under the covers until the insistent cries of the baby finally forced us to get up.\u00a0<\/p>\n
We wandered down the stairs as the children watched a movie (The Princess and The Frog) in the living room.\u00a0 #2 came in to find me.\u00a0 He wrapped his arms around my waist and asked me what beignets were and could we have them for breakfast.\u00a0 I started to tell him they were too much trouble, but then remembered that we had absolutely nowhere to go and nothing planned for the entire day.\u00a0 Beignets?\u00a0 Sure, why not.<\/p>\n
My son and I found a recipe (thank you, Paula Deen) and mixed up a batch.\u00a0 He went back to the living room and my husband and I went on a leisurely walk to get coffee.\u00a0 By the time we returned, the dough had risen and needed to be cut.\u00a0 I let the 10 year old do it.\u00a0 He was thrilled.<\/p>\n
The recipe said \u201cmakes 3 dozen.\u201d\u00a0\u00a0 It lied.\u00a0 I don\u2019t know an exact number, but it made enough square doughnuts fill 5 plates.\u00a0 We ate until we were done and then sent the children out with plates of extras for all of our neighbors.<\/p>\n
The whole day was just an unplanned meandering of time.\u00a0 We laughed, smiled and talked without a clock telling us when to do it.\u00a0 God knew what he was doing when He commanded us to rest one day a week in honor of Him.\u00a0 We need to stop and look around as the world goes flying past.\u00a0 We need to catch our breath and remember who we\u2019ve got with us and why we like them so much.\u00a0 We need a day to just be.<\/p>\n
Next week?\u00a0 My children have decided that baking for the neighbors is fun, so we\u2019re going to do it again.\u00a0 I\u2019m not sure what we\u2019ll make, but I\u2019m sure it will come to them.\u00a0 I just need to remember that it doesn\u2019t have to be perfect, it just has to be fun.\u00a0 And if we decide that we\u2019d rather go fishing in the creek instead?\u00a0 Well, that\u2019s the kind of change of plans that a day of rest is for.<\/p>\n<\/body><\/html>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
This past weekend, we broke away from our usual routine and attended the vigil Mass on Saturday night instead of our usual Mass at 8:00 Sunday morning.\u00a0 My family does not generally embrace change well.\u00a0 I tease them that the family motto is \u201cCommutationum timemus\u201d or \u201cWe fear change.\u201d Our lives are so fast paced.\u00a0 […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1979,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-804","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"yoast_head":"\n