This morning we woke up a little late but at a reasonable time given the incredibly busy day before.  I got my mind trying to drift into resentment over my wife's priorities of events and activities which do not start with church.  But, I resisted this and devoted some time to praying and getting my head on straight before getting out of bed.

I didn't push matters and let my wife and the little children wake up at their own time.  I took my older son with me to mass.  He was a good sport about it and it was an excellent opportunity for me to give him some focused direction on how to participate more in the worship.  Our priest gave us a great talk about the way we should conduct ourselves in our family member roles.

This afternoon we worked on getting things back in order.

I had a little struggle breaking the kids away from their toys and taking the dog for a walk.  They whined and moaned the whole time.  I was grateful however that they did obey and we kept up our new practice.

In the evening I got to go to a meeting.  We read from "A Vision for You".

Thanks be to God.