Esther de Waal is the author
who showed Steve and me what it meant to live sacramentally. Steve read her book Seeking God over and over again and even
read and discussed it with our older girls in their senior year of
highschool. Here is a cherished quote from Esther De Waal.
“Gift is the principle on which the Creator has based human
existence; it is the most pervasive, even if little noticed, reality of our
lives. We have life itself by others’ gift of procreation, pregnancy and
childbirth. We are sustained in life by the good things of nature and by the
labour, generosity and society of other human beings. We are educated by the
self-giving of our teachers. We are sustained constantly by gifts—love,
forgiveness, reconciliation, pleasure. Our whole life is a fabrication of gifts
received, and we ourselves contribute our gifts to the lives of
others.” Esther De Waal
She wrote in her book Lost in Wonder about the idea of taking a
magnifying glass around with us for a few yours, just to help us notice and
attend.