Thirteenth Night

The tinsel and flashing lights are gone. Welcome to 2008, blog readers !
I reckon there’s a challenging year ahead for the Joyces:

Driving Lessons begin when our youngest turns 17 shortly. Recollections of the previous three learning to drive (before and after passing tests) bring a smile (or was it a grimace?) to the old phizzog.

Also we’re destined to be grandparents for the 4th time in May.
A boy or a girl? They have chosen to wait until he/she arrives to find out. Wisely….daughter in law’s close relatives have produced 9 boys and 0 girls so far….so no pressure !

Our parents continue to thrive. We’re fairly unusual in our age-group as we’ve still got all four….in their 70s, 80s and 90s. Will they all survive 2008, and stay healthy? It will be a miracle if they all do.

…and that’s just family life.

…work, church and community activities would occupy a few sheets of A4, so let’s not go there today !

Last night a small group of us meditated upon that ancient hymn, ‘Be Thou my vision’ *
The last two lines in one translation read:

‘Christ of my own heart, whatever befall
Still be my vision, thou ruler of all’

That says it all for me.
How about you?

*http://www.oremus.org/hymnal/b/b021.html