This Saturday morning we had a tee ball game.  The kids had a great time.  I was grateful to be able to attend another game, that there was no schedule conflict with my older son's team.  There was a moment when another coach that I respect and admire stopped and chatted with me as I was running the dugout.  We had an awkward conversation in which I couldn't hear half of what he said over the noise.  But it was good to hear his encouragement.

 In the afternoon I got out in the back yard and did a lot of yard work. I managed to get my two sons to help quite a bit.  We cut grass, raked and bagged leaves and cleaned up toys.   It was a sunny day and after a while the  grass began to look considerably greener.

In the evening I remembered the second half of the movie "Lourdes" was showing.  I started watching it with my wife but she had to leave for work.  It was a deeply moviong story at times adn I realized that there were many parts that I had forgotten.  I thought about how at each level of the story someone had to overcome their worldly skepticism and find belief.  Even Bernadette herself when she gained some religious formation and education.

Thanks be to God.