Some great stuff comes out of our dilly dallys.   Right now the conversation usually centers around our kids and how they are doing.  And we talk to them and things come out of that.  And then there are the holidays looming on the horizon.  It all starts getting bigger in our minds and it can seem like a burden.  Is that what this time of year is supposed to be about?

Could we we all just take a collective deep breath right now.  This season  is Advent  where we are to prepare for the coming of Jesus.  I heard it expressed recently that we are on a pilgrimage to Bethlehem.  Can we relate to that?

Or my Rebecca who most times seems to have a different take on things than I do says that she is in a state of alert relaxation.  As in Jesus will come to her is what I see there. And why not?  Be open, be faithful and he knocks on your door.  I guess I am always doomed to do things the hard way.  God bless my Rebecca.

So, in a little while I am off to the big city to the hospital and to meet with Sister Joyce for an hour.  The snow and ice have mostly melted and the roads are clear.  I will say hello to Sister Joyce for you.  She loves you all.

A funny thing happened the other day.  I was emailing to Annie about the upcoming visit of her and the film crew to Seattle and Vashon Island.  And I had written something about getting into SJ’s office.  I was taking a short cut and meaning getting into Sister Joyce’s office.  I forgot that over the last year we were using those initials for Saint James who is the patron saint of not only Spain but Western Washington State.  Sister Joyce’s office is at the headquarters, the Archdiocese.  So Annie was impressed, to say the least, that I was checking in at the Big Guy’s office.  That was Big fun.

OK, enough of this, I have to get ready to go.  So remember about the pilgrimage or the alert relaxation, whichever suits your fancy.  Love you, Felipe.