The First of Two Letters to Nadine

Dear Nadine, 

Nadine your work is very, very good!  Seems to me though that you tease us with what is yet to come.  We kept looking at the buddy list each time it made a sound to see how you were progressing.  Receiving the pictures was well worth the wait!  The results are terrific.  We'd woken up earlier in the morning and put the pictures you made for us next to all the others.  Already pride had set in as we thought ours "better" than all the others to the purposes before it.  I suppose this is the way it goes.

We do like the other work you've done, a lot, but we were viewing it from the perspective we hold of our Sr. Tess.  This birthday gift to her from the center is as simple and as elegant as we requested.  This adds to the beauty of the project itself.  We find ourselves now wondering which wall the the mirror will hang and from which surface the votif will sit.  Sister is very good at decorating the Center and her own convent area, so we're not sure of which place this will go, but that she will find its proper home. 

We feel that this is a grand process.  It seems to be life unfolding as one thing happens, and it leads to the next, and the next ... and each of the patterns seem to glorify the total.  The unifying theme is that people have cared each step of the way.  Each element finds its place naturally and it leads you to believe you are a contributor to the whole.  This is a place where many can feel they "belong."  Thank you for being a part of the happening as St. Rose Center discovers itself.

With all our love and gratitude,

Ayn and all