Coucoumellisms

Last weekend, we went to my parents' place and on the way home, stopped in Ottawa so the older boys could go to a FIFA U-20 world cup 1/4 finals game. It was Argentina against Mexico. (Argentina won) I got to see my niece (and goddaughter) for the first time, and visit a bit with my brother Cecil, his wife Jane and Jane's sister, Mary. I also got to visit (for a very short period) with my aunt Pauline and uncle Eddie, who were visiting their grandchildren. (My cousin and her husband live in the same village as my parents). Here are a few pictures of us all at Grammie and Grandpapa's house, Saturday evening: Claire, one month old Jean-Alexandre and Claire The family: Marc, myself, Jane Dominic, Cecil, Gabriel, Jean-Alexandre, Claire, Grammie Anne, Maryssa, Grandpapa Jean-Nil, Nicolas The cousins: Gabriel, Maryssa, Jean-Alexandre, Claire, Dominic, Nicolas Sunday morning, we went to mass with Grammie, then ordered pizza for lunch. We went walking with Grandpapa, played with ...

I always liked that song by Alanis Morissette, back when she was doing the rebel thing. (I have a bit of a rebel streak myself.) It's funny how life can throw you one when you least expect it. Last Thursday and Friday, I must have returned 6 or 7 times to the computer repairman because the computer would work at his shop but we would come home and it wouldn't work here. Turns out two things needed replacing, the motherboard and the video card. Friday morning, as I was preparing, once again, to return to the shop, this time with ALL the pieces of the computer, including keyboard, mouse and even the electrical plugs, to make sure that none of these things was hindering the computer in any way, I got a phone call. Turns out we'd won a new computer. Dominic had been selling tickets for his soccer, and we won a prize! Now that's the kind of irony I could stand to see a little more of! We did finally get the other computer to work properly though.

Just thought I'd share one of my favourites: I love this song.

I received this from a friend in Paraguay who is involved with one of the Sonidos de la Tierra schools. PBS did a report on Luis Szaran and his project Sonidos de la Tierra, (sounds of the earth) and you can check that out here: http://www.pbs.org/frontlineworld/stories/paraguay604/ The synopsis/video is here: http://www.pbs.org/frontlineworld/stories/paraguay604/video_index.html and there are links to an interview with Luis Szaran, original music of the Jesuit Missions (reducciones), where you can listen to two pieces by Domenico Zipoli, directed by Luis Szaran as well as two original pieces composed by Szaran himself, played by the Encarnacion Philharmonic Orchestra. You can also find links to extended interviews and more. Sonidos de la Tierra is now a partner of Don Bosco Roga in Asuncion, home for street kids. This is where I worked in 1993. You can see some of the boys from Don Bosco Roga in the video. I think this is such a great idea. Music and art does so much for a soci...

My life is complete. I am going to be a godmother. Yes, little Claire Anne will be my little goddaughter. I may now die a completed person. The only thing left is to become a grandmother. But even if I die tommorrow, when my children finally have their own children, I will still be their grandmother, even if I am dead. On the other hand, very few people actually choose already dead people to be the godparent of their child. So I must at least stay alive until the baptism. After that, God, you are free to take me whenever you want. Uhhh,... only if it is REALLY, really your will, because SOMEONE has to be around to make sure the kids don't go heathen... but THY will be done...

Winning the Great Canadian Wishlist on Facebook isn't so insignificant as pro-choicers would like us to believe. For them, it was just a stupid contest and not worth competing in. They started mobilizing late, and many refused to join. This is why they lost. The pro-life group had the advantage of having church groups and whatnot. That's their excuse. Yeah, like pro-choicers don't have their own groups, like Bread n Roses for example. I didn't go through any parishes myself, but sent the message along to other people I know, by e-mail, people I happen to know are pro-life, including the other 6 members of my family. NOT ONE PERSON from my own VERY PRO-LIFE family bothered to join. Only ONE out of over 20 of the people I sent the message out to actually joined and supported the Abolish Abortion Wish. So it goes both ways. AND WE STILL WON. The abortion debate is NOT over, especially because Canada has no law, no limit whatsoever on abortion. According to polls do...