feast of the ascension

A prayer a mother could love, for Tommy on his 26th birthday:
from 1 Thessalonians 5:23
May God himself, the God of peace, sanctify you in every way and preserve your life and your soul and your body without blemish, at the coming of our Lord Jesus Christ.

Your grandfather told me a story today on the occasion of your birthday. He remembered when you visited them in Vandenberg Village and he took you to the fire house. The firemen talked to you about the truck and stuff and you asked questions and they answered. Back and forth and finally they asked how old you were and you said "I'll be three on the 13th of May." They were quite shocked to learn you were only two. I just thought that was normal for little kids to be so verbal and I learned subsequently, not so. Happy Birthday, Thomas Patrick Hayes. You shine like the sun!! and I DO pray for you as St. Paul did for his peops. (Pictured: Uncle Karl, Tommy and Godmother Aunt Peggy)