Fauré’s Requiem. As I was packing up some things for Goodwill this morning, I had a playlist on my iTunes on random and several of the parts of this Requiem came up. Given the events of this last weekend, it is appropriate music.

Here is a Youtube video of the entire work (35-40 minutes). My favorite part is the “Libera me Domine”.

Phillip Gulley. Gulley is a Quaker minister in Indiana and he has written a series of fiction books centering around a small Quaker meetinghouse in Harmony, Indiana. I love the books because they are so completely off-the-wall in terms of what happens in the church (example: a Quaker militia to protect the live Nativity from the ACLU) but they are also so incredibly accurate as to what congregations can do to their clergy and some of the more *interesting* expectations people have.

Amos 4:13 This was part of this morning’s section in my read the Bible in a year plan and I loved it. This is from the NRSV.

For lo, the one who forms the mountains, creates the wind,
reveals his thoughts to mortals,
makes the morning darkness,
and treads on the heights of the earth—
the Lord, the God of hosts, is his name!

Daniel cuddles. He is a cutie pie and snuggles very well. We usually watch Winnie the Pooh before bed and he’ll snuggle with whoever is with him. I’ve come home to some wonderful pictures of him snuggled up against my mom sleeping while Mom is on her phone or her tablet.

ADHD meds. It’s like night and day with Daniel. He is calmer and can play better independently. We’re still doing some tweaking to deal with the insomnia side effect but it has overall been really positive after almost a month of having a consistent dosage.

Go love up Ashley.