Two weeks ago, Mary made a retreat. To make a retreat is a big deal. It takes real effort, planning, and love, as anyone who has made a retreat knows. Making a retreat as a parent takes some extra creativity! Add to Mary's retreat the following components: making a retreat with a six-month old infant (who was teething), making a retreat when you don't know anyone else attending, making a retreat in a foreign
country...and the entire thing is in Portuguese! Wowsers. Eu sou tão orgulhoso dela! It was quite
the retreat. I had a great time with the older kids over the weekend. At
the end of the retreat on Sunday evening, the kids and I drove to get
Mary and her little retreatant, Penelope. Here are some pics from when
we arrived to pick up the spiritually-rejuvenated duo from the retreat
house located just outside Brasilia.
