We continued on and found a great little shopping area, a fire house and the Basilica of Our Lady of Perpetual Help. The basilica was breathtaking. As I was taking in its beauty, Magnus discovered how an echo works! He had enough ECHOs of his heart so he was using his voice this time. Luckily, there were only three other people who all thought he was cute and not disturbing. As I lit a candle and began praying for Monday with teary eyes (and Mags's echos in my ears), an elderly and gentle man approached and asked if he could give us a blessing. I was so touched as he prayed over both of us. His beautiful words to our mother Mary were just what I needed and brought instant peace and strength. He spoke so beautifully that I thought he had to be a priest even though he wasn't wearing his collar. Sure enough, he was. Thank you Lord, you always know when I need you most.
We continued on and found a fire house. The door was open so we stopped to stare at the firetruck inside since it is one of Magnus's favorite toys. We crossed the street and were walking away just as the firemen hopped in the truck with the lights going and started to leave. They all waved goodbye to us with big smiles on their faces. Magnus ate it up, surely the highlight of his day.
Oh and another little goodie about our time at the basilica - I was catcalled while standing outside, adjusting Magnus's blanket to make sure he was warm. Not just a couple of comments. All out hoots and hollers from apartments across the street! Like I've said before, you just can't make this stuff up! We quickly skidaddled on our way!!
We hurried on "home" because Mike's flight had landed. I was so excited for the reunion! It took awhile for him to get to us because his luggage wasn't on his plane...argh. He barely made his connecting flight in Philadelphia so they didn't have time to get his suitcase on the plane as well. After the delay, he showed up with all of his belongings and it was the happiest of moments. Mags smiled from ear to ear and giggled at Daddy's silliness. All were hungry so we showed Mike the ropes and headed out for lunch. Magnus was way overdue for a nap so we went back to rest up. After a 3.5 hour nap for Mags and almost as long for Mike, we wanted to see Fenway Park.
As we were getting ready to head out from the house where we are staying, we saw that someone had brought in an entire barbecue meal for the families. We sat down and ate, but Magnus was not interested in this noodle-less, rice-less nonsense. He looked at the corn on the cob like he thought it was going to move on his plate.
The walk to Fenway was a brisk one as it was misting a bit of rain. We could even see our breath. That of course got my curiosity going and I had to google to see why we could see our breath when it was still in the 50s. In case you're interested: http://wonderopolis.org/wonder/why-do-you-see-your-breath-when-it-s-cold
Fenway was really cool. Even though the Red Sox are out of town there was still a lot going on. The House of Blues had a heavy metal band playing that would have made my Dad say "what is this world coming to?" There was a street vendor selling "wahm hahtdogs". There were some people that were going into the stadium for some young business professional thing. We should have tried to see if they would have accepted Magnus as a junior member and let us in. Oh well.
We headed back to the house for some leftover chicken fried rice for Mags and then to bed. With the 3 1/2 hour nap, he is still not asleep and it's 10:30 here. He thinks it's funnier than we do! Tomorrow we plan to go to mass at a local cathedral and then try to see some more of Boston...hopefully with sunshine.
I can't express how much we appreciate all the support everyone is giving us. We are so fortunate to have such amazing family and friends that are helping us make this possible. THANK YOU!
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