Taize reflections

It's been a while since I've shared a Taize experience...but they continue to be great times of song and quiet prayer...attending OP for 6-7 mo. while St. V's was on break--until tonight...
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I want to share the special evening I experienced this night before Jennie's birthday...

I have been attending the Taize prayer service at St. Viator's near me for a couple of years now, but it has been on hiatus for over 6 mo. due to construction near the Chapel and I was so so excited to have it back! (last year it was on Jennie's birthday)

I got there early, as I always do, to ensure a good seat...past attendance has varied from as little as a couple dozen to maybe just over 50...well, this night turned out to be over a 100! peeps really missed their Taize I guess. There were a lot of HS kids on the floor etc., & the music and quiet time were amazing as usual. I told myself that I would concentrate on Jennie and her birth and Christine too...and I did. I thought of you all in KC thinking about the birthday the next day, I pictured the old days w/ Jennie at camp, I even pictured D laying in his cell at that moment...

After the service, they have a little gathering and so I chatted w/ my friend Rich and his wife...we chatted for a bit about the new Taize CD I just bought and some other things...I left after them, after I tried to find a priest friend, but he was not around.

I got in the car, backed out of the spot, and began driving...about 25 feet or so down the long long driveway and noticed that the radio was not on K-Love (Christian Station)--which I always have on and rarely change the station...and did not remember changing it on the way to the Chapel...as I reached for the knob to change the station the '80's song by Tommy Tutone Jenny, Jenny (867-5309) came on........I just about crashed the car/ran over Rich and his wife...as I got to the end of the long driveway and thought of how perfect that timing was, I began to cry...& not just a tear down the cheek...it amazed me that I just sat for an hour in prayer thinking of her and then that song comes on...I thought about pulling over but did not... as the song ended about a 1/3 of the way home, I began to reach for the dial to change it to K-Love when the U2 song Beautiful Day came on! are you kidding me...the song we played in the car ride home when each of the girls were born...the song that played for a solid 20 minutes until we got home w/ our newborn angels--the song I can barely listen too because it reminds me of that glorious day in June '01 when we brought Christine home from the hospital...if I wasn't crying/balling hard after the 1st song, boy was I after that song started...and the song ended as I pulled up in front of the house...I sat in amazement in the car composing myself and thanking all those above who made that happen and blessed me that night...

---I know that angel Jennie was there with me that night...letting me know that she and Christine are alright and basking in His glory...& sending down those two songs back to back --wow!