work and sleep

Today, I will sleep. Tonight I will work.
Really?
Do people actually do this?
Somehow, I find that I am actually someone who DOES this. And even though my body screams at me for hours before, and for a day or two afterwards, I actually LOVE what I do enough that I still do it!
I enjoy working with new moms and babies in a maternity center. I love teaching moms how to care for themselves and their new babies. I love coaching the couplet through the beginning of the dance of breastfeeding. I love being present to moms in the wee small hours of the morning, when the rest of the world is quiet and yet the baby is awake.
My hope is always that I am where God needs me to be. And if I am at work, that God would make my sleepless night productive.
Here's to being nocturnal. At least tonight.

Week 2, run 2

This morning I ran the second run for Week 2 again. It was a beautiful morning, not too hot, not too humid and I was able to run a little bit farther than I ran on Monday.... in the same amount of time. Goal 5K on August 7th.... I am one run closer.

The other cool thing about today - 9 years ago, I married Mark. It still sticks out in my mind as being a really great day. And these 9 years we have been blest with relatively good health and of course, with Paul. We celebrated our 9 years together by eating Pizza at lunch and seafood at dinner. No big celebration this year - but for our 10th, we are hoping to do something big....

Today, Paul and I finished reading Ralph S. Mouse. Paul and I both enjoyed the book. I read aloud, Paul listened, and we talked about it together. Next book: Runaway Ralph.

More soon.

Who needss to run?

When you have a new laptop! My DH got me a laptop as an anniversary present! Hooray for us! And there's a prize if you know how many years we have been married.... Well, there's not really a prize, but I'll know you're reading if you post a guess.

At any rate, we are doing well, and we are not really celebrating this anniversary in any particular way. I have to work, unless I get low census, and Mark has to work, so methinks we are not doing anything in particular. This year.

Summer reading started at the library yesterday. And while Paul and I did read together yesterday, today was a bust. Partially because we were fussing at each other over following directions and partially because I became a lump in a chair as soon as I had my hands on this keyboard. Also, I was obsessed with figuring out video chat with my sister, Mary, and was unsuccessful. Ugh. Perhaps tomorrow will yield better results.

Currently, I am reading Robinson Crusoe.
Paul is reading Ralph S. Mouse by Beverly Cleary
Mark is reading Sharpe's Devil

And I am planning to run early tomorrow, so I'd best get to bed or I won't be able to run!

Running

summer is here.... and i have decided to try to run a 5k on august 7th. if it comes together, i will run it in nyc with my sister mary.

also, i want to write more, and more often.

running, prayer, lactation, life in general will be on tap.

s

Faith Tradition.....

This weekend my family joined in the celebration of Msgr John Wall's 50th anniversary of ordination to the priesthood. It was a phenomenal event, and I am so happy to have been invited. Even more, I am happy to have been blest by Fr John's friendship and ministry. Will post links to the pictures when they are available. It was an amazing weekend.

Quilt Raffle - Success!

We were successful in raising the money needed to retire Katherine's debt. Thanks to everyone who participated.

The winner of the quilt directed us to forward the quilt to a shelter for women & children, so it is being delivered to the Sisters of Life in NYC - to a shelter for pregnant women and their infants.

Thanks for following along, for prayers and support.

Happy Advent

Sara

The raffle and the internet

Well, I guess it was bound to happen at some point.

My email account was hi-jacked and all my passwords reset by some other person who then lurked around waiting for my friends to email a response to the bogus email sent out saying that I desperately need help.

Do I need help? Not the variety that was being solicited by the fake me.

Am I stuck in the UK? No, I am living on the east coast, waiting for Earl to come ashore.

Did my anti-virus software protect me? Not yet, but we're working on it.

Is the raffle still going? Yes. Tickets are still $10 each and can be found at the Giveforward web site.

What do I need? Prayers for peace amidst the chaos that is swirling around me!
:)
Sara