Adventures In Mimi-land

The good news is that my granddaughter was a finalist in the Geography Bee at her school. She had a fine cheering section, which included her dad, Grandpère and me, and a young friend of ours. The not so good news is that she was eliminated and did not win. Anyhow, it was good that she went to the finals.

The young friend that I mentioned who was with us came over earlier saying that his marriage of a couple of years was in trouble, and that his wife had taken off to her parents' house with his brand new Labrador puppy that he paid lots of dollars for. He said he thought he had caused many of the problems in the marriage and wanted to go to confession - not to me - but then he pretty much did. He believes she'll come back. I hope so.

He's interested in the Episcopal Church and asked if our priest would hear his confession. I said yes, and I hope that was the correct answer. He was baptized in the Roman Catholic Church and attended Catholic schools. His wife is/was a Methodist, and he thought they might want to attend the Episcopal Church. I told him that quite few Catholic/Methodist and Catholic/Baptist couples end up in the Episcopal Church.

Evangelist that I am, I carry around calling/business cards for my church, so I was able to give him one and suggest that he give the priest a call. He was a church-goer until he went to medical school, but he had then fallen away. I suggested it might be a good idea if they began to attend church somewhere, if his wife returns. He took us to see their new house, which is lovely. I hope that these two young people can work things out. Pray for them.

This is destined to be an all-around personal post. My son and his ex-wife meet on Friday to try to agree on a property settlement. Pray that they may come to an agreement and that the settlement will be right and just. Thank you.

Thanks to Eileen for the idea for the title of the post.

UPDATE: I stayed with my grandchildren tonight, because their dad worked late, and I helped my grandson with his homework. He has ADHD, and by nighttime his medication wears off, making it a challenge just to get him into the chair with the books in front of him. Then, he is easily distracted from his work, but he is so funny in his distractions that I find myself laughing at him and further encouraging him in distractions.

He was to write his spelling words twice, but he found a page in his notebook where he had already written the same words three times, so he proceeded to erase the third word in each set. I said, "No. Your teacher wants you to write them again to help you learn the words. She's going to see that you erased them." He said, "No, I've done it before. She doesn't see it." I said "That's cheating." He was not going to write them again without a fight, so I let it go. Let his dad deal with it - or not.