Is It King Arthur's Day?

Yesterday was MLK's day, but Hannah was a little confused. Goes to show kids pick up bits and pieces of knowledge and information here and there....she asked Carrie if it was "King Arthur's Day" yesterday. So Carrie gave her the low-down on the day, and by evening, when I saw Hannah at Blake's soccer game, she had it straight. "What day is it today, Hannah?" I asked. "It's Martin Luther King's birthday," she responded. Next year maybe we will talk about who MLK is and who King Arthur is.

In case anyone is counting, 10 down and 23 to go. (radiation treatments) My hair is growing back. You can see more than peachfuzz. But it isn't growing fast. This process is going to take some time. I will still be wearing hats for awhile!

I am reading Mother Angelica's book that I borrowed from Mom. It is fun and very down to earth in its stories and suggestions for living. Last week I read about the Sacrament of Living in the Present Moment. This week the chapter is called Everyday Holiness. I love the following passage: it is called Listening Your Way to Holiness. This is what Mother Angelica says:
Some people are always complaining. Every time you talk to them you get an organ recital. It begins with their liver, then it moves on to the stomach, the heart, plantar warts, dandruff. Who knew there were so many organs? You know what holiness is? Listening to all that as if you had never heard it before. Holiness is listening to that joke you've heard twenty-five times and laughing at the punch line for the twenty-sixth time, while keeping your mouth shut. Holiness is putting up with the gripes of others with tenderness. All of that is holiness.

Well that is something to think about today.