Dance Dad
This past weekend was Rosie’s dance recital. She has been working hard on these dances all year, and they look AWESOME now, compared with their first performances in the beginning of the year. So proud of her.
Her dance company is the new kid on the block. It was started by a single mom during the pandemic. And, because Rosie’s big cousins go there, the decision to attend Infinite Dance was an easy one.
Rosie’s other dance, “Wings”:
Like always, Taylor was a champ at getting her ready for the recital: doing rosie’s hair, and makeup is no easy task. But, Rosie looked great, and it was a little weird seeing her all grown up, but I am proud of her.
And it meant a lot to Rosie to have her family show up.
Cici is so proud to see her grand daughters dance:
Honestly, dance wouldn’t be nearly as much fun without seeing her big cousins there. In between the two parts of the recital, we got to get a quick, super-early dinner together; our first choice wasn’t opened yet, but this chipotle really hit the spot.
Also, as a side note, congrats to Lila on graduating from 8th grade! Her school had a beautiful, catholic-mass and ceremony for the event. I didnt get many pictures of the event, but did want to give a shout out to Amelia for being such an awesome big cousin, and hanging with Mercy outside during some of the event. Mercy and Amelia have really bonded over the past several months and it is so special to see.
Mancala you say?
Do any of you remember Mancala? It is that coffee-table game you have likely seen all over the place, but never knew the name of it.
It usually is a game that exists on a coffee table, and never actually gets played. Unless you are Rosie Logan and Chad Lynam.
It really is a fun game. Last night (Sunday) we went to our favorite brewery place called Oden, and met with our long time friends Chad and Rachel. Rosie brought her Mancala along, looking for a challenge, and “Uncle Chad” stepped up. Why uncle? Well, he has been around for around 25 years (hard to say exactly). Was a college roomate. And groomsman. So, Rosie has only known her as “uncle chad” because he is like a brother to me.
And of course it was amazing to see Rosie explain the game:
Word was that Chad squeaked out a win.
It was fun, but we missed seeing Uncle Houston last night. Maybe next time?
Prayer
Taylor and I have really enjoyed the church we have called home for about 8 years now. I won’t go into the details about the church here, but Taylor and I are both involved in different ways. She is on the vestry, which is like the “board” of the Church; and I am on the prayer team.
The prayer team does two things: Pray for people on Sunday mornings, and pray over the weekly prayer list.
Weekly, reading over the two page list, written in very small font, of things to pray for in the congregation, is just a sobering experience. It is a list shared in confidence, so details can’t be shared here, but the pain that people in our church body are experiencing is so palpable. There are people recovering from cancer, have widespread cancer, some have lost newborns, surgeries, family-deaths, finances, bacterial infections that require hospitalization, etc. It is so sad. There is so much brokenness, and so much sadness that people carry around.
Why am I sharing this? Because the joys that are shared in this blog are not something I deserve. Things could change at any minute. However, they are things that I celebrate now: family, fun, and failures. Life is good at the moment. It will change at some point. The prayer list, for me, is a sobering reminder of how precious these memories are.