We're BAAAACK

We returned today after 8 days of being in Raleigh. We were able to hold for the first time our newest granddaughter Reese. We saw 6 month old Catie for the first time since Christmas. We were amazed at the change in her, both in terms of her size and her development. She is almost crawling and reaches out and holds objects. We celebrated Cade's third birthday, and truly enjoyed his impish personality and his obsession with trains and earth moving equipment. He laughs hysterically with Mark pretends that he is the "Voice of the Cosmos" and tells Cade "Cade Poovey is a dingbat! That is all. "

However, when we returned today, we were excited to be back and hear the news of the Inn. Leo, one of the FVM's, wrote a play in iambic pentameter, gently spoofing the friars and their visitator. The visitator came by last week as part of a regular review of friars, and of course our guys here passed with flying colors. However, the play capitalized on the little idiosyncrasies that each friar exhibits, such as Br. Fred's desire to have everything clean and orderly. We have a big "X" made of tape on the floor of the kitchen where nothing is to be placed because it would block access to a shelf with trash bags. Br.Xavier tells the visitator about his scrap metal collection and how it is used to pay for tokens for the guests. Fr. Patrick talks about his antiwar demonstrations and why he needs money to make bail, and Fr. Bill waxes on about his travels to various parishes and his delight in baking bread and cakes. The play was performed this evening after Mass, and I laughed until I cried. Various team members showed their thespian skills by taking the parts of the friars. I think the play shows how comfortable people are with others in the community and how we can laugh with, not at, each other.