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I said that this moment wasn’t about him and that when he took some breaths and calmed down (another way of saying, “get over it”), he needed to congratulate his sibling. Because my child’s emotions eventually calmed down, I fooled myself into thinking it was all over . I sure didn’t expect that a whole 12+ hours would pass and it would come up again. 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This section of the timeline represents the time that is happening now, and the blank page symbolizes our individual lives as active participants in the writing of this history. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/61ed801f2f3bbe7518064d62/b798fb3a-b889-4ef1-bea2-4b1c710a2543/wil-stewart-QYFTkPFqzv4-unsplash.jpg Astonished Observations - A Blank Page All Our Own - Make it stand out Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference. https://www.laurafissel.com/astonishedobservations/monday-montpelier-september-2 monthly 0.5 2024-09-08 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/61ed801f2f3bbe7518064d62/ae1ca879-e8f8-4dcd-b9d2-656de25a92a2/montpelier+opening+graphic.jpg Astonished Observations - Hand-in-hand: Humility &amp; Need - Make it stand out Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/61ed801f2f3bbe7518064d62/9ac0ddc5-cef8-46ef-a4fd-a913d1f57026/montpelier+opening+pg+2.jpg Astonished Observations - Hand-in-hand: Humility &amp; Need - Make it stand out Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference. https://www.laurafissel.com/astonishedobservations/ogsuuy82c9lew2mwtj94bfysbrm8a6 monthly 0.5 2024-08-26 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/61ed801f2f3bbe7518064d62/8f81351c-6bb0-4490-9a59-532b05efae1a/kelly-sikkema-WTCh36XETTQ-unsplash.jpg Astonished Observations - Occupying God-Given Space - Make it stand out Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/61ed801f2f3bbe7518064d62/bec20d16-e2f3-477d-915e-2f205cbe9e28/anavah.jpg Astonished Observations - Occupying God-Given Space - Make it stand out Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference. https://www.laurafissel.com/astonishedobservations/feasting-together monthly 0.5 2024-08-19 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/61ed801f2f3bbe7518064d62/1724074956526-YRFE07URGDY54307OC3H/banquet+table1.JPEG Astonished Observations - Feasting Together https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/61ed801f2f3bbe7518064d62/1724074956428-N4Q5LMT2WVH2FW114HD4/banquet+table+2.JPEG Astonished Observations - Feasting Together https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/61ed801f2f3bbe7518064d62/1724074958760-TEQG3CC1P5E3HDTGC1LE/banquet+table+close+1.JPEG Astonished Observations - Feasting Together https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/61ed801f2f3bbe7518064d62/1724074959168-0U4CQYKEXC5TCC5U46M5/banquet+close+quote.JPEG Astonished Observations - Feasting Together https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/61ed801f2f3bbe7518064d62/1724074961819-AIGAXDPIPUICJ3OBXY4Z/banquet+desserts.JPEG Astonished Observations - Feasting Together https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/61ed801f2f3bbe7518064d62/1724074962568-PJKCIZPHKGEA7GSCER7H/banquet+plate.jpg Astonished Observations - Feasting Together https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/61ed801f2f3bbe7518064d62/a2257808-c3e5-492e-b00b-3c7899144f4e/banquet+plate.jpg Astonished Observations - Feasting Together - Make it stand out Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference. https://www.laurafissel.com/astonishedobservations/i8z32npvj07oxi4wp1pw61kpqidp5r monthly 0.5 2024-08-11 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/61ed801f2f3bbe7518064d62/dfba6b1f-b727-4bb4-8123-fcbfc6356c3a/cupcake+one+candle.jpg Astonished Observations - Around the Sun Again - Happy Birthday, Montpelier Atrium! This month, our atrium turns 1 year old. It’s hard to believe it has been a full year since we took first steps into this unknown, hands open to receive whatever would come. One step after another—one surprise after another!—has resulted in the beautiful gift that is this atrium. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/61ed801f2f3bbe7518064d62/870d9f2c-c8da-4659-90aa-8284dbc8216a/M.A.+open+house.jpg Astonished Observations - Around the Sun Again - Make it stand out Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference. https://www.laurafissel.com/astonishedobservations/come-amp-see monthly 0.5 2024-08-05 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/61ed801f2f3bbe7518064d62/de7e0776-eff1-4c1c-ba7c-eebae280d4f9/M.A.+open+house.jpg Astonished Observations - Come &amp; See! - Make it stand out Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference. https://www.laurafissel.com/astonishedobservations/a-special-invitation monthly 0.5 2024-07-29 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/61ed801f2f3bbe7518064d62/d0986374-da11-4c0a-a234-16b332972bb7/Donor+Dinner.png Astonished Observations - A Special Invitation - Make it stand out Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference. https://www.laurafissel.com/astonishedobservations/2r8mjnrvekcr0q9ccs8b5jsusydriu monthly 0.5 2024-07-08 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/61ed801f2f3bbe7518064d62/5c0565fd-9e6f-4857-a839-4a1e9a598215/tangerine-newt-o04xDvWE33U-unsplash.jpg Astonished Observations - Avoiding Burnout - Make it stand out For the sake of avoiding burnout before the new atrium year begins, our volunteer team is finally taking a well-earned break. This includes Monday @ Montpelier posts! Use this time to catch up on the ones you missed :). See you in a few weeks! https://www.laurafissel.com/astonishedobservations/monday-montpelier-july-1 monthly 0.5 2024-07-01 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/61ed801f2f3bbe7518064d62/475b2cb6-b685-4c2d-8e51-b51ac8453345/camping+trunk.jpg Astonished Observations - Monday @ Montpelier: July 1 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/61ed801f2f3bbe7518064d62/f2e34023-7222-42ac-b1cf-5fe2ba39ff41/star+gazing.jpg Astonished Observations - Monday @ Montpelier: July 1 - Make it stand out Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference. https://www.laurafissel.com/astonishedobservations/testing-testing monthly 0.5 2024-06-24 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/61ed801f2f3bbe7518064d62/bf92086d-a0e2-4738-bc36-002c7e1aa303/lachlan-sbB53Sk_j80-unsplash.jpg Astonished Observations - Testing, testing - Make it stand out Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference. https://www.laurafissel.com/astonishedobservations/monday-montpelier-june-24 monthly 0.5 2024-06-24 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/61ed801f2f3bbe7518064d62/1719235047027-EWANM42EYMEATRFUFC33/IMG_4587.jpg Astonished Observations - Monday @ Montpelier: June 24 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/61ed801f2f3bbe7518064d62/1719235009206-SVVY0QOEMP1E1NOR9JEL/IMG_5050.JPG Astonished Observations - Monday @ Montpelier: June 24 https://www.laurafissel.com/astonishedobservations/monday-montpelier-june-17 monthly 0.5 2024-06-18 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/61ed801f2f3bbe7518064d62/f3b57759-e517-4045-b7f9-d7301caefb2a/mustard+seed+finger+3.jpg Astonished Observations - Monday @ Montpelier: June 17 the Mustard Seed, the Yeast, and the Growing Seed speak of the Kingdom in terms of something very small, so small that it probably escapes our notice. And yet it grows and changes into something very new and very great…Indeed, so great is this growth and transformation in living things that we cannot grasp it during its process of unfolding; it captures our attention when it is already complete in some sense. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/61ed801f2f3bbe7518064d62/49f96877-c45f-4a66-a1d3-ed7c4ddf5917/mustard+close+up.jpg Astonished Observations - Monday @ Montpelier: June 17 - We are not powerless. We have in us the same power that breaks the seed open; that feeds and grows the tender thing within, that makes something as tiny as a mustard seed reach and reach and reach for the sun until its limbs can carry the weight of a nesting bird. Cheers to your own growing this week. Take heart. We are all in this garden together. <3 https://www.laurafissel.com/astonishedobservations/q56t574tpekeruv0b1ini645w000at monthly 0.5 2024-06-12 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/61ed801f2f3bbe7518064d62/1718032664077-IT1IBO94RB9FWBK9Q8HJ/messyofficewide.jpg Astonished Observations - Monday @ Montpelier: June 10 - Office: BEFORE https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/61ed801f2f3bbe7518064d62/1718032703714-C7G1PCX8ZP011R5XNMUA/office+wide+look.jpg Astonished Observations - Monday @ Montpelier: June 10 - Office: AFTER https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/61ed801f2f3bbe7518064d62/36688a94-3a25-47f1-bb19-dae154730068/messyatriumwide.jpg Astonished Observations - Monday @ Montpelier: June 10 - Make it stand out Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/61ed801f2f3bbe7518064d62/1718030665984-UXUWPOUXG09E0UKY70NJ/eucharistic+presence+figs+unpainted.jpg Astonished Observations - Monday @ Montpelier: June 10 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/61ed801f2f3bbe7518064d62/1718030677059-7K75QA6E4XRHLPYHUQ1L/eucharistic+presence+figures+half+painted.jpg Astonished Observations - 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Everything is already prepared for them upon their arrival, and their job is to engage with each work in all its intentionality, listening for the Creator speaking through it to their hearts. “The world is their Oyster” so to speak: they have loads of freedom to move about the space, choosing what they will, and working on that thing with little guidance and interruption as they are led from within. They practice each work following their instincts and the Voice’s leading, and then try their best to restore the work for the next child (but not always succeeding!). They are in the driver’s seat in the room. Their destination is the knowledge and revelation of God to them as a uniquely made, infinitely loved person—the speed, method, tactic, style is all up to them, and it is simply the job of the adults in the room to get out of the road. https://www.laurafissel.com/astonishedobservations/sspzps15l0vjl5n78mkmzxv482u5bt monthly 0.5 2023-09-08 https://www.laurafissel.com/astonishedobservations/blog-post-title-one-txfyk monthly 0.5 2023-08-20 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/61ed801f2f3bbe7518064d62/a451e31e-b37a-49e4-8bfb-02defaf9c6bc/CGS+article_10.jpg Astonished Observations - Catechesis of the Good Shepherd: A Work of Friendship - Make it stand out Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/61ed801f2f3bbe7518064d62/5db76663-4dde-4c92-a36c-14afa78ce9b9/CGS+article_09.jpg Astonished Observations - Catechesis of the Good Shepherd: A Work of Friendship - Make it stand out Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference. https://www.laurafissel.com/astonishedobservations/blog-post-title-two-zscn8 monthly 0.5 2023-08-20 https://www.laurafissel.com/meetlaura daily 1.0 2024-06-24 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/61ed801f2f3bbe7518064d62/fa96d794-9035-47a0-ba51-9918b20be5be/IMG_4522.jpg Writer & CGS Catechist Laura Fissel - I am an artist, homeschooling parent, and trained catechist directing a Catechesis of the Good Shepherd atrium in Greensboro, NC. In pursuit of self-definition over the past several decades, I have found myself in a great variety of professions as I seek out “my thing”—you know, the one I’m really good at; the one I become known for. Each time I feel assured that I have found it, the gears shift and I find myself careening off road. On bad days, I feel disoriented and lost, frustrated that I’m a beginner in some field all over again, sure that I am the only adult in the world who hasn’t “made it” yet, and fearful that I’ll reach the end of my life with nothing to show for my time here. The most recent course change in my life came just a few years ago in the form of a clear calling to start a Level I & Level II Catechesis of the Good Shepherd atrium in our family home. (I’m still in the stage I’d identify as “fish out of water.”) On good days, I’m able to reject shame about my novice status, or insecurity over my eclectic resumé. Sometimes I can even believe that my varied history is Divine intentionality in the “naming” of me (a name uncovered over a lifetime). Sometimes, I can even trust that “my thing” is being who I am, and that all the hats I’ve worn and skills I’ve practiced are colors on that canvas. In summary: I’m an astonished pilgrim, co-writing my life’s story with God by putting one foot in front of the other and fighting to stay present on the path under my feet. 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