Audrey's Birthday!

Today is my five year olds birthday!!

She had an awesome birthday! She talked to family. She opened gifts. We took her training wheels off. We went to her favorite restaurant.

Turning five is a big deal. It is a moment of significance. I would not go quite as far as to call it a rite of passage. It IS a time to remember. A time to celebrate a milestone.

Today was a day of liturgies. No, of course not in the normal way the word liturgy is used. But instead a liturgy of family. All families have their liturgies. For some it involves a Sunday morning and the comic section. I remember as a kid the Saturday morning liturgy. T

That was when good cartoons were on and the best ones were on starting at 6 am! You had to get up early to see the best. So get up early my brother and I did. We would get up and creep to the living room. We would get our bowls and our sugar cereal and turn on the TV. Superfriends! Amazing Spiderman! Fat Albert! School House Rock! The Grape Ape Show! Captain Caveman! And of course the “violent” Bugs Bunny Show.

It was a ritual. A liturgy. It had meaning in the life of the family. Today was one of THOSE days. My opinion? She will never forget today.

Those are great days!