Saintly Lessons

It's amazing how realivent and insightful someone's thoughts could be who died in 379AD. Today during Mass Fr. Bill quoted St. Basil the Great.

Here is the quote:
“The bread which you do not use is the bread of the hungry; the garment hanging in your wardrobe is the garment of him who is naked; the shoes that you do not wear are the shoes of the one who is barefoot; the money that you keep locked away is the money of the poor; the acts of charity that you do not perform are so many injustices that you commit.”

The quote really struck a cord with both Michael and I. It even made me want to do more research on St. Basil. I was amazed by what an extraordinary person he was. I will not go into the details here on the blog but I could not help but share the quote since it was so moving to us. I hope that you find him as fascinating as we did.

For more info on St. Basil the Great follow the link below or just Google him!
http://www.americancatholic.org/features/saintofday/default.asp?id=1248

Amish Country

Addie and I had a full day today. After I picked her up from School we headed straight for Shipshewana. We try to go to Shipshewana once a month to stock up on meat and some other items. Shipshewana is a small town in northern Indiana. It's an Amish community. We love getting our meat from Yoder's Meat and Cheeses. It's excellent quality meats that are raised hormone and steroid free. The flavor is out of this world and it is affordable at the same time. We also like to pick up other items like eggs, noodles, jams, cheese, popcorn, fabric, etc while we are there. Addie loves to watch the horses and buggies. She also likes to "spot" the Amish people in the stores and restaurants. We always make it a point to be there over a meal so that we can enjoy the yummy food. Even Addie will eat her whole meal! If you ever get a chance to spend a day there you should. It's a fun and relaxing day.
I forgot to bring my camera today but here is a photo from this spring.

In the Beginning...

We have decided that it's time to start blogging! We designed this blog with the intent to stay in better contact with our family and friends no matter how far away they might be. Michael and I hope that you enjoy the family posts.



FYI. This is a photo of Michael and Addie working on the template for the blog.