Bloody Sunday

We had church this morning, watching both KidPak and our Free Chapel services, and in between all that there was a nice breakfast, as usual, something nice that Mommy put together for us.

Bedtime came a little earlier tonight, which was something we haven't had to do in a while.  But Madison is starting a camp tomorrow morning, and we actually have to set our alarms for 7:00am or so, which will seem kind of early for Madison, certainly.

Madison is doing some piano work, this despite the fact that she's done with her recital.  She's going to work on a few new pieces, including "Victor's Solo" from "The Corpse Bride."  It's one that she's always liked, and she's had the sheet music for it.  If she stays with it, she might have it ready by fall, which would be wonderful.  We'll see how it goes, but today she started with both hands, and though it was slow to start out with, there's just something really nice about hearing a piano being played in the house.  This piano is very grateful to be in this loving house!

We had this awesome spaghetti tonight, of course gluten-free.  Mommy made the sauce, and it was just perfection.  The three of us had a bowl full of this masterpiece, and it wasn't quite enough for Madison, who had quite a bit in her bowl.  It was just very tasty tonight.

The protests last night in Gainesville weren't as notably bad as other places, and that's good.  A vandal got to "Old Joe," and there were some police vehicles damaged.  Protesters are getting bad optics because there are people amongst them that are using the protests as an outlet to go out and destroy and loot.  And yet the protestors still keep going out there, because by gum, they still want to keep going out there.  And hey, while they're out there, the rioters can sneak out too, and destroy and steal even more.  And the next day it starts all over again, fueled by media, false narratives, and false equivalencies.  It is disheartening seeing what is happening, and heartbreaking.  They're setting fire to churches, attacking iconic locations, and there have been brutal beatings.  In some respects, the perpetrators are no better than ISIS.  We have a lot to pray about.