March/April brought Lent/Holy Week/Easter, my birthday and TEC 104 all within three weeks of each other. Talk about craziness. Though I have to admit, I got much more down time then I had anticipated especially during the TEC weekend that I had the honor and privilege of working. Any one on one time with God for me is a gift and a blessing. I hate to admit it, but the older and busier I get the less I have taken time to spend one on one with God before the Blessed Sacrament, and I am determined to try my very best to change that in the later half of this year.
As April gave way to May my family had a life style change, my father retired from the trade that he worked in for 46 years, helping a good friend with a project, and there is also the celebration of graduation for 4 of my Newman Campus Ministry students this weekend. I am so proud of all of them and the fine young men and the young woman they have become. Though I've only had a year and a half with them as Campus Minister, they have continued to leave a lasting impression on me. I am very excited for them and the future opportunities they are getting to experience as they all begin new chapters in their lives.
That being said, another busy summer ahead, more graduate school classes (the light at the end of that tunnel is much nearer then it has been), the annual Campus Ministry Leadership Institute at John Carroll University in the beginning of June, my annual mission trip with my Mission of Hope family to Detroit at the end of July, and somewhere in there softball season and hopefully a little bit of vacation time as well.
A good reminder for me and for all of us as the busy time of the summer gets underway and people head off on Summer Vacations, barbecues and picnics, and all the other aspects of summer..."our hearts are restless until they rest in God." Make sure you get some good God time in as well, just because you are on vacation, doesn't mean you can take one from God, he never takes a vacation from you!
Peace and All Good!
~ Carol
