Friday, April 4, 2008

the greater of two goods

Number 3 is making her First Holy Communion in May. Saturday the 17th to be exact. Also in that month, King's company is springing for an all-expense paid weekend trip to the Nawth Jawja mountains. When we discovered that the weekends were the same, we planned on doing both. We'd just go up Saturday afternoon after we take our sweet girl to a celebratory lunch. My mom said she'd come down and watch the kids for the night.
The more I thought about it, though, it just didn't make sense.
She has been preparing for this moment for the whole year (arguably all of her life). It is a wonderful occasion. How could we duck and run after such a pinnacle? She tends to be a deep thinker - someone whose beautiful ideas are on a different plane than the rest of the world. She'll have tons of questions and comments. We wouldn't be there for the light bulb moments which wash over a person after something as monumental as her first encounter with Jesus - body, blood, soul, and divinity.
While a break from "it all" with my dearest would be its own manna from Heaven, I just can't miss any moment of what will be an important and immensely joyful weekend.

2 comments:

Anonymous said...

maybe you should ask her if y'all going away that weekend would make her feel slighted. i would bet that having her fluffy there would make it all better. oh, wait... i think i just figured out why YOU want to be there to answer questions. hahahahaha

Anonymous said...

Oh my Goodness I can't believe she is old enough for this special day already! I hope it is a Blessed day! Those were 2 of my favorite days!

~Tori