A New Month

It is the beginning of a new month, and hopefully it will be better than the previous month.  September 2013 was not the best month for us.  In addition to our previous string of misfortunes, we lost two members of Brian's family; a young cousin and his grandfather.  Sometimes, it gets very difficult to understand what God has planned for us.

Since both of the funerals were occurring at the same time, we could only make it to one, and we chose to attend his grandfather's funeral.  The service was lovely.  So many people came to pay their respects, and it was nice to see Brian's extended family.  A silver lining for a tragic occasion, I suppose.

Yesterday was the feast day of my patron saint (St. Therese of Lisieux).  I am hoping that this is an "omen" of a better month to come.  Most of my attention and energy has been focused on the repairs to our kitchen, which should be underway this week.  In the meantime, I will start to turn my focus to my cousin's upcoming wedding.  I am looking forward to seeing my own family, especially to meeting the two newest additions.

How September 2013 felt

Here's to better days ahead.