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Graff and Aunt Barb, and Shannon helping to set up for the Rehearsal Dinner.

These come courtesy of my brother Robert. Top to bottom: Case and Hillary walking out after the ceremony, My niece Becca and husband Paul, and our eldest son Erik and his wife Ann. Thanks Rob!!!

June has been consumed with weddings. Two weeks ago our son Case married Hillary at the Beach in Hilton Head during a storm. Last night was my first official beginning to end wedding (counselling included.) There was a storm last night too! They chose as their Gospel the wise man building his house on rock. For those of you who occasionally read this blog, they are the wonderful couple who adopted the dog we found last January. Happy Endings all around!! Here is that sermon- photos in the next post from the lovely Hilton Head wedding! &&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&& I was not surprised that Katie a

Just back from our son's wedding at Hilton Head Island. . . the storm during the wedding was such a blessing and even romantic to hear the rain on the pavillion roof and feel the breeze. It was great to be with family and remember what is important in the midst of our busy lives! [And great to dance with my beloved, too.] I went to do a healing Eucharist Wednesday at one of the churches I serve, and no one appeared. I had brought a cd with Beati Quorum Via on it so I cranked that up while I put Eucharist away and straightened things up. There are few windows in this church, and a storm was coming in. After I put out the candles and had carried most of my stuff to the car, I put out the lights and moved toward the altar in the dusky dark to get the cd player. The smoke was hanging in a flat plane over the altar and suddenly began moving toward me in perfect time to the choral anthem. As I stood transfixed, it enveloped me with such a sense of powerful and comforting Presence. I w

I am surrounded. There are 6 twelve year olds here to celebrate Graff's birthday. So far, despite the 93 degree humid temperature, they have played thether ball, basketball, soccer and four square. Their cell phones are in a basket in the house, so we keep hearing odd tunes every now and then. This is a 24 hour party. Not sure what I will have left at the end of that, but it is what he really wanted and he worked hard to get ready. Somehow I get to this point every week and you could spread me on toast. zzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzz.