Up until a few months ago, I did not like Sundays. It was just as hectic as every other day. After Mass, I would go to the market for the weekly shopping while the kids went to CCD (Sunday school) then I’d pick them up on the way home.
We’d unload the car, put the groceries away and I’d hurry to get lunch on the table.
This routine continued even after the kids moved out. Mr. Aitch was the choir director at a different church so I would still go to the market after Mass while he was at his church. Then the rest of the routine followed pretty much the same: unload the car, put the groceries away, hurry to get lunch on the table.
Mr. Aitch retired from the choir director position over a year ago and since we were both retired, I didn’t need to go to the market every week.
The hectic routine gradually changed. I always associated going to Mass/church as a dreadful thing and I would berate myself for not wanting to spend some time with God. But that wasn’t it at all. It was what I made the day out to be and yesterday, it finally dawned on me that I now enjoy Sundays again.
A day of rest and relaxing.
Knitting In Flashes 
I am glad Sundays are peaceful for you now! My grandmother (born 1909) hated Sundays until the end of her life. I asked her why? She grew ip in a Presbyterian household, there was no playing or running or making noise on Sundays. You could sit and read, or sit. Then when she had her own home, it seemed like there was nothing fun about Sundays. Church, fix a big dinner, and still in the mindset that then she should sit quietly. That feeling never left her no matter what fun things might happen on a Sunday. Glad you have shed it!
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When I was a kid, we couldn’t go outside to play until after 1:00 pm and then only in the back yard as long as we played quitely.
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All these rules! And I think the good lord would have wanted us to go out and celebrate and enjoy his almost perfect world. 🙂
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I know what you mean. I hated Sunday nights because it meant going back to work on Monday. I wouldn’t go anywhere or do anything, just because. I am glad we are over that mindset.
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I hate days where I have to hurry….but I like busy days. Mostly I just put it off til tomorrow. I confess….I’m a lump.
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