Yup. That’s my daughter’s picture in the Catholic Standard & Times receiving an award from our pastor Father Harry E. McCreedy and Bishop Joseph McFadden for the Year of St. Paul art contest at St. Paul Church in Norristown.
I couldn’t be more proud of my wonderful daughter who thinks she’s a big time celebrity now that she’s in the newspaper.
We’d been excited to all head to Church Sunday but about two hours before Mass I became so sick and told my wife I couldn’t go. I was so disappointed I wouldn’t be able to be there.
But my wonderful wife soldiered on, taking the kids by herself. It turned out that near the end of Mass, the seven year old had thrown up in the pew on her and even on the nine year old who told me later, “I don’t like veggie skillets so I didn’t even like watching her eat it the first time. And I certainly didn’t need it on my leg.”
So my wife mopped up what she could with her sweater, ran to the bathroom with the sick one while also carrying the baby and brought back paper towels to clean up the rest of the mess.
She rushed back, dropped the sick seven year old off, changed dresses, and rushed back out with the nine year old and the other children in order to get back in time for our nine year old to receive the award. And obviously she made it.
And you’d never know it from the picture but the nine year old was just a few hours away from getting sick as well.
So sorry about the icky story but I’m really proud of my daughter.
Thanks to the Catholic Standard and Times
July 15, 2009 at 3:29 am
That totally rocks and stinks at the same time! Hope you are all well soon!
July 15, 2009 at 4:20 am
Congratulations to your daughter! And I hope you've all recovered from Flying Chopped Wet Burrito reflux.
July 15, 2009 at 5:41 am
Right to be a proud Papa! Huzzah!
July 15, 2009 at 9:09 am
Wow!! BIG honor!! I'm amazed at the fortitude of your wife, too…
July 15, 2009 at 11:17 am
Congratulations to her and your family – and keep that stomach bug over in Norristown – we don't need it here in Maple Glen! (after nearly 19 years as a mom to 6, I have to say vomiting is the worst – kudos to your wife for soldiering through!)
July 15, 2009 at 12:56 pm
Congrats to you and your family!!
So, you are holding the bucket again, eh?
Blessings, Mum26
July 15, 2009 at 1:43 pm
I think your wife deserves some kind of award. Mopping…with her sweater. You go girl!
And, congrats to your daughter as well!!
July 15, 2009 at 1:50 pm
Congratulations to your daughter!
July 15, 2009 at 3:16 pm
Please, tell me she threw the sweater away!
Sharon
July 15, 2009 at 4:38 pm
Congratulations on your lovely daughter's achievement!
BTW, if this happened at Mass, how come nobody else in the congregation helped her? That would have been the Christian thing to do — maybe no one else wanted to bother.
Sometimes the utter stupidity of people makes me want to vomit.
Nevertheless, hope everyone is on the road to recovery.
July 15, 2009 at 6:53 pm
Wow, congratulations and what a wonderful, dedicated wife and mom you have there. This is truly awesome!
July 16, 2009 at 3:01 pm
You are right to be proud. Of your daughter and your wife.
Don't let it out but those women folk really are the stronger sex. They are pretty smart too, they let us think we are in control….
Congrats to all!
July 16, 2009 at 7:39 pm
UGH. Bless that good woman for taking care of all that yuck. I loved the comment about not needing it on the leg 🙂
I had no Idea you were a "philly" guy. We are in the Morrisville/Yardley area. I'll look for the photo in the Standard.
I drive my husband crazy telling him about the posts on this blog!
We both love it!
Blessings and congratulations, E