God Bless Samantha!

It was so nice to be with family to celebrate Samantha's Confirmation today.  I can vividly remember how special I felt when Jim and Karen asked me to be her Godmother and words can't even describe how honored I was when she asked me to be her Sponsor. Samantha chose Francis of Assisi (the patron saint of Animals) and as of right now, she wants to be a veterinarian. She has the biggest heart, is so smart and is such a beautiful girl both inside and out.

Prayer of St. Francis of Assisi:
"Lord, make me an instrument of thy peace.
Where there is hatred, let me sow love;
Where there is injury, pardon;
Where there is doubt, faith;
Where there is despair, hope;
Where there is darkness, light;
Where there is sadness, joy.

O divine Master, grant that I may not so much seek
To be consoled as to console,
To be understood as to understand,
To be loved as to love;
For it is in giving that we receive;
It is in pardoning that we are pardoned;
It is in dying to self that we are born to eternal life."