Sunday morning

Today during Mass while I was in line for confession, the lady behind me had her young daughter with her. I'm guessing the girl was around 4. I over heard a short conversation between them that made me laugh.

Girl: Mom, how did they get those servants?

Her Mom: Those aren't servants, they are altar boys.

Girl: But how did they get them?

Mom: They are up there to help the priest.

Girl: But are they paying them?

Mom: No, they want to help the priest.

Girl: But are they - is the priest - giving them money?

So now, I'm sitting at home with my Dad drinking coffee and reading the paper.

dripping

A conversation with my Mom after a candle in my room dripped wax all of the carpet:

Me: Hey Mom, you know how you don't really like wax dripping onto the carpet?

Mom:  Yeah. What about it?

Me: Oh nothing. I was just wondering if you'd changed your opinion yet.

So fresh!

I think I know what my diet will be consisting of this summer.

Irena Sendler

Irena Sendler 1910-2008

 A 98 year-old German woman named Irena Sendler recently died. During WWII, Irena worked in the Warsaw Ghetto as a plumbing/sewer specialist. Irena smuggled Jewish children out; infants in the bottom of the tool box she carried and older children in a burlap sack she carried in the back of her truck. She also had a dog in the back that she trained to bark when the Nazi soldiers let her in and out of the ghetto. The soldiers wanted nothing to do with the dog, and the barking covered the kids’ and infants’ noises. Irena managed to smuggle out and save 2500 children. She eventually was caught, and the Nazis broke both her legs, arms and beat her severely. Irena kept a record of the names of all the kids she smuggled out and kept them in a glass jar buried under a tree in her backyard. After the war, she tried to locate any parents that may have survived and reunited some of the families. Most had been killed. She helped those children get placement into foster family homes or adopted. 

(from here and here)

P.S. Have you EVER seen a sweeter, kinder, gentler, more beautiful or loving smile?? This article nearly made me cry.

wave break

Sources:

Image 1 - from Sea Lust, by Ibai Acevedo

Image 2 - unknown 

Image 3 - taken by my madre

The wave break, before the crash, is one of my favorite moments. It is so beautiful and powerful.

bubbles!

I saw these wonderful bubble pictures on A Cup of Jo, by Odian Hole Standal.

She also linked to an earlier post of hers of popping bubbles.

Amazing pictures of bubbles taken by Richard Heeks.

Seeing them reminded me of some pictures I took last summer.

Something about bubbles seems almost magical. I really don't like the word 'magical' but it really seems appropriate. It also reminded me of:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NGfSVkRt7fw

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TP_wx0qrKu0

So I'm just kinda lovin' bubbles right now.

freeways

Aerial view of the freeways in Los Angeles, byYann Arthus-Bertrand.