Kids stayed up too late last night, so they would not budge to get up for church. Since Jags play at 4:15 today, W & I wanted to go to church so we could watch the game on TV. D17 & S11 decided to go to mass this evening.
It felt a little awkward just me and W. But once in church I immersed in the liturgy and felt at peace, even though W would not sit any closer than 8 inches away from me in the pew.
I remembered three weeks ago kids sat between us, and at the sign of peace after embracing D17 & S11 I reached accross to W and tried to pull within cheek peck range, but she looked off balance and yanked herself back. Not right after mass nor later that afternoon, but in fact days later, she referred to that incident and making an ugly face, sneered, "Don't ever do that again!" (those words tasted like venom).
So here we were 8 maybe 10 inches apart in the pew: time for the Lord's prayer; many other families joining hands, I reach out - nothing - she clenches hers together. Right after is the sign of peace and I'm really wondering, I figure the usual stranger to stranger handshake.
But then she opens her arms and gives me a gentle squeeze; I gently squeezed back and added a cheek peck - felt no friction compared to the last fiasco. Don't know if it means anything, but like I posted earlier, I'm a guy, so hardly notice little things (trying to learn though) and like I said above - just journaling here (had to tell somebody).
Me 53 XW 50 M 18 Years +2 S14 D19 Bomb 10-24-10 Served 1-27-11 Mediate 4-21-11 Civil D Final 6-2-11 No church anullment "A man is not finished when he is defeated, he is finished when he quits."
