7- Quick Takes Friday the Saturday edition

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1. Mom is actually doing and feeling better this week! She started an oral chemotherapy and a steroid and it seems to be turning her appetite around and getting her back to feeling better!

2. Sam takes the CLEP test on Monday in American History. I am really nervous for him. He has taken all three of the practice tests in the CLEP History of the United States I (REA) (Test Preps). The first time he got only 20% right and I postponed the test! The second test he was around 50% and now he is about at 62%. The American College Board suggests a score of 50 to pass and a grant of 3 college credits. So I remain hopeful that we can pull this off.

3. Saturday Soccer started today! Fun fun!!

4. Tomorrow I go to mass and sit with the RCIA folks and my goddaughter/niece, Mallory! I also will attend the RCIA with her. The following week we are going on a retreat with the RCIA folks. I am looking forward to this time of growing together in faith.

5. Speaking of RCIA, I have also been in charge of purchasing the gifts for the RCIA candidates. I bought several of these chaplets and was very pleased! I hope the recipients like them as well!

6. I connected on Facebook with two long lost friends, one of them from grade school! The other was the lady who was the doula at 4 of my children’s births. It was great to reconnect with her.

7. We are doing a very different form of the Stations of the Cross this year. One of the stations has very difficult words – something about being grateful and willing to accept as painful a death as what is in store for me. I shudder at that. When I was in labor for my daughter Isadora, I made up my mind that I was going to offer up my suffering for the sake of my sister-in-law. I did pretty well with remembering that too until it turned into a medical emergency requiring a transfer, general anesthetic and an emergency C-section! I offered to suffer- and boy I got a chance to suffer above and beyond my plans. So I am very guarded when I pray that part, keeping fully in mind that God just might take me up on it!

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