Defining Moments

Jen Fulwiler who seems to be my muse for this blog, at least for the posts that more than ten people read, has suggested making a blog list of photos that define one's blog.  This is going to be harder  than it sounds, I think.  But, here goes--

1. Quilting is my sanity project.  I notice that many women knit.  There is too much counting with the knitting for me.  I make baby quilts and pray for the babies.  I suppose it fills some small desire to be a grandmother. (I have a son who is not yet married.)  I enjoy working with the colors and the fabric.  It is my art.  And when I am done with it, I give it away.


2. I am a public middle school librarian.  I really love my job, but not every moment of every day.  There is craziness involved.  But boxes of new books make it all worth it.  I do a book club that has become surprisingly popular among the self proclaimed nerds.  They tell me that nerds are cool, and who am I to question it?


3. I have a mom who is 92.  As her oldest and favorite child (I jest), I am the one who has taken on the main task of walking into very old age with her.  My mom grew up with a cook stove requiring corncobs to fuel it, no indoor plumbing, an outhouse, no electricity until after she was through high school, a horse and buggy that her mom drove into the village to trade her eggs, and first taught in a one room school.  A lot has changed in my mom's life time.


4. I love birds and especially hawks.  I am not sure why. I see hawks as a theophany, a visible sign of God's presence and love.  I know that not everyone would agree with that, but hawks are a sign to me.

5. I have a close personal relationship with Jesus Christ through the leadings of the Holy Spirit.  And yet, I am a hardcore, died in the wool Catholic.  The scriptures speak to me.  The events in my life speak to me.  I have learned that everything isn't nice and easy.  Some things are tough and rough.  But when I am scared, I have Christ's hand to hold.  I am sustained by the community of the Catholic Charismatic Renewal.
6. I love to travel. I am energized by going places and seeing things. My sister and I have been going to Oklahoma the past couple of years and we have decided that we are writing a book.  It will be quite a project.  But, fun, I hope.  At any rate, I enjoy the travels involved in the research.