Garrett's First Holy Communion!

Tonight I am motivated!  I am motivated to log onto this blog and write a post because a milestone took place tonight that I do not want to forget!  A milestone that I am ever so proud of.....

I have been missing....missing in action!  The boys and I are continuing to make wonderful memories together, but doing this on my own leaves little time to spare!  BUT, I am going to try!  Try to get our lives documented in the way that I did before ~ and I am starting tonight! HA!

It was Garrett's First Holy Communion tonight and to say that I am proud of him is a complete understatement!  I am SO VERY PROUD OF HIM!  I am proud that he was just as excited about it as I was! 

Dearest Garrett,

The days and years leading up to this evening have been busy, not always easy, but so very beautiful. Thank you for the gift of you! You bring meaning to my life. You have been such a blessing to me as a mother!  It is truly a double gift that we are celebrating this weekend: Jesus is coming to you and you, my sweetness, are going to Him.

I like to think that He is just as excited as you and I are!

I know that you were so excited and nervous for tonight!  Even now, years and years after I made my First Communion, there are moments when I do not feel worthy to receive Our Lord. I guess that’s why we recite the prayer of the centurion at every Mass: Lord, I am not worthy to receive You, but only say the word and I shall be healed.

I am thinking today about what it means to be God’s child. It means that one day you will leave me—this makes me nervous and excited—and you will go off to make your mark on the world. I will not be there every day for you the way I am now, but do you know what? Jesus always will be. You will always have Him close to you—in the Eucharist at daily Mass, and in the tabernacle of the nearest church. What a gift we have in this humble king! What a friend to the end.

It is my hope Garrett, that you continue to love the Lord as we do as a family now.  It is my hope that the sacrifices that I make today to let you worship while you go to school, lead you to be the man of God that you are called to be. 

I love you very much, Garrett. May God bless you today and always, and may our Blessed Mother hold you close.


Yours in Jesus,

Mommy


I hope that you enjoy the pictures from this evening!  What a blessed evening it was .......

Give thanks to the LORD, to Him who alone does great wonders, His love endures forever.

Psalm 136:1,4