Confirmation.

Yesterday was the 12 YR old's Confirmation! Here he is seen here before, and I got this great shot of him smiling and how I got this great natural smile: I had him sit down for the photo and I blurted out motherf*cker and he cracked up laughing and that's how I got such a natural looking smile because he was laughing for real. It was so funny: the kid's a genius( he's in highschool and has memorized something like 35 digits of Pi) but he couldn't figure out how to dress himself formally and struggled with how to do up his belt, and with his tie and his shirt was undone and hanging out of his pants. It reminded me of Einstein who couldn't remember his own phone number. Incredibly brilliant people who do really dumb things, ha ha.

Totally there were about 50 kids that got Confirmed and the new Archbishop did it. All the others of our kids had the same Archbishop confirm them so the 12 YR old is the odd one out; the only one who got the new one. The old one was forced into retirement as he got too old. Once you get into your 80's or whatever you're done. At first I was all frantic and worried as my hubby and the girls still weren't home yet from their anime convention weekend away in Toronto and I was afraid they'd miss the Confirmation( even though they hate church it's still an important milestone and family event and I wanted everyone to be there,and even the 24 YR old took his breaks off work and combined them to come which meant alot to me) but they did make it ok, much to my relief, but the girls didn't even sit with us(even though I'd saved them seats) but rather at the back of the church, where a guy told them off for talking, but my hubby was no better; he kept falling asleep and then his cell phone rang even though it was announced in the beginning to turn the damn things off and he kept texting,too, and my mother shows up in a ratty old T-shirt and sweatpants......and this is the same person who still goes on for decades about Remember how J's brother wore shorts and flip-flops to her graduation? how it was sloppy, disrespectful and inappropriate for such an occasion and now here she goes and does the exact same thing....

and here he is, newly Confirmed, filled with the Holy Spirit. I said to him, now instead of saying you have Me, Myself, and I  you can say Me, Myself, I, and the Holy Spirit. The 16 YR old said that sounded kind of creepy. During the Mass I was overwhelmed with this incredible intense overpowering spiritual experience as well it brought tears to my eyes. Maybe it was the presence of the Holy Spirit or the beauty of the moment or the sense of spiritual community, I don't know but it was beautiful and truly a religious experience. I was really moved. I also looked damn good, too, and I never get to say that. Not my face( nothing will fix that) but I dressed-up fancy with my long flowing floral ruffle dress, and matching floral flats, and fancy hat and I've lost weight and it hugged the curves and with my jewellery and tan I have to admit for once I was looking fine and I slayed it and it felt good. For once I actually felt good about myself, like I wasn't the ugliest creature on Earth and I noticed people looking and I over-heard someone say, Wow! Look at her tan! and for once people were looking in a good way and it was nice. I never get to experience what that's like and it felt good so f*ck the haters.