Finally went to church

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The boys and I finally went to church yesterday. We found a nice little parish not far from here, and it was really good.

As soon as I opened the doors (we were 15 minutes late), and smelled the incense and heard the music, this feeling swept over me and I thought to myself, "Why did I stay away so long? This is where I belong."

The boys did fairly well, all things considered. They were a little bit better behaved than they use to be, but after awhile, we got right back to where we were at our old parish. Thankfully, they had a nice little playroom for kids and parents with a window to see liturgy. I liked that a lot, and one Matushka was in there as well with her 4 year old son. Seeing all those rowdy children, and even seeing Matushka running after her kids made me feel a whole lot better. At our old parish, mine were the only kids running around and behaving disruptively. They were also the youngest of all the kids, but at this church, there are kids of all ages and most of them are disruptive. That makes me feel a lot better.

We got there late, just before the epistle reading, and left early, right after communion. Slowly but surely we'll get to the point where the boys will stay for church school afterward and I can begin making friends during fellowship hour.