Family in Feast and Feria

My minutes are precious this morning, so just a quick rundown:

• My youngest sister is having laparoscopy surgery this morning to remove two cysts, one on each ovary. Please pray that it will be smooth and no surprises.



• My son woke up with a stomach virus last night...and was up almost the whole night. Ah--can you hear it? It's the little voice saying "It's Holy Week!" It always comes with the extra sufferings to help walk in Christ's footsteps at Calvary. Pray for his recovery. He doesn't understand why he can't have food and drink.



• Sarah has completed the The Loveliness of John Paul II. It's just beautiful! The entries are so moving.



• Kristen wrote a beautiful piece entitled The Infertile Catholic.



• There is a new beautiful section on the 4RealLearning Board called Our Mother's Garden of Sorrow. It's not a discussion board, but just a visual garden, with comfort and prayers written for those sorrows in life, tied in with the Our Lady and her Seven Sorrows.



• I'm so excited about other bloggers and their Pysanky excitement. Suzanne took a trip down memory lane and Mary G. did her first attempt at Pysanky Eggs with Mary M. Even with the loss of two eggs, the survivors are gorgeous!



• I'm enjoying seeing Holy Week unfold at Maryan's blog with her Holy Week presentations. She is definitely inspiring me.



• My sister got to see the Sandhills Cranes as they migrate through Nebraska. There's a wonderful Crane Cam to follow these. You can see them mostly inthe morning and evening. At this moment the audio has some problems. Yesterday that was my "soundtrack" for the day, just listening to Rowe Sanctuary noises. So calming and beautiful. Yes, I know it's lovely outside my house, too, but we're a little under the weather here.



• And one more little note. A priest at a nearby church mentioned that small little pancakes (i.e., silver dollars) were a traditional food for Spy Wednesday. I see the connection and absolutely love it. I do have to admit it must be a newer tradition for if pancakes were a Fat Tuesday dish to eat up all the eggs and dairy due to fasting restrictions, they certainly wouldn't be part of Holy Week fare. But our fasting rules aren't the same, so enjoy your silver dollar pancakes to remember the 30 coins that Judas received to betray Jesus.

That's about all the time I have today for computer. It's back to the couch and snuggle with my son. We're hobbling through our Holy Week. Anyone have suggestions for bringing one's voice back? I can't shake this laryngitis, and it's so hard to read our Holy Week books!