Happy 16th Birthday Catherine Therese!!

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Although you'll never read this my sweet Catherine, I love you. 16 years ago you changed our life forever. All of your siblings have done this in their own way but you have done so in a very special way. You have made me more empathetic, compassionate, and much more prayerful. Your smile lights up the world around you and we are all blessed by it.  It's not easy living with a saint. You remind me of my weakness and limited time on this earth. You challenge me to go deeper within myself and find what the Lord is trying to teach me...usually patience. You are made in His image and likeness but He uses you so that I can see my own beauty, goodness, and shortcomings.  You struggle mightily against me with every bath, diaper change, and wardrobe change. I struggle mightily with Him against all the changes He wills in my life. You depend on me and your mom for even the simplest of things. You teach me to depend on Him for everything and not rely on my on strength. You teach me that I
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Surgery Update

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We arrived at the hospital at 9:30 for Catherine's scheduled 10:30 AM surgery. She was awake and active. Probably hungry since they stopped feeding her at midnight. Well, 10:30 rolled around and they told us that they had emergency surgeries so she would need to be pushed back. 1:30 PM rolled around at still we sat. Then 4:30....then at about 7 Pm they told us that her surgery would need to be moved to Thursday sometime. They are to call us this morning and give us an estimate.

Yes, sitting in the hospital for nearly 10 hours is rough, especially with no windows to the outside world and not knowing when this surgery will take place. Yet we know that those who had to have their surgeries are in greater need so we offer it up for Catherine, for the doctors and nurses, and for those other families.

To lighten the stress we decided to play another game and have a little contest again. This time we are asking you dear reader to guess the surgery time. It is scheduled for today July 24th. There, now you know as much as I. Be the person who guesses closest to the actual surgery time without going over and we'll send you a copy of one of my books or a rosary, your choice. Send your best guess to webmaster@realliferosary.com

Thanks as always for the prayers for Catherine and her mom and dad! Also pray for Grandma and Grandpa as they watch the 4 horsemen here at home!

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