Living Metaphor
A woman I know told this story.She was bothered by anxiety over various things. Sometimes the anxiety overwhelms her and makes her live close to tears and thinking of nothing else. She was unable to...
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Today is the Day
Limping, and coughing I will be taking my book club kids to the competition today. I always tell them that if they don't get a single question right, we are walking home. I am never serious about...
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A Long and Boring Post (with too many feet photos)
A week ago today I went to my trusty foot doctor. He was the one who stuck a shot in between the 3rd and 4th toe joints of my right foot last summer and fixed a painful problem. So this year, when...
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Thank You, Lord
Lord,You know where I am today and these hurting feet I have to walk on. You know about the coughing. You know all the things I need to get done. And somewhere in all of this is the path to...
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7 Quick Takes
Jennifer Fulwiler hosts this carnival. Go around and visit the rest.1. I felt terrible on Saturday. I didn't leave the house. I ran a fever, but the battery was dead in the thermometer, so I have no...
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After all of the feet pictures earlier in the week, perhaps you are waiting to hear what the doctor said? My blog, I can party the way I want to, so let's pretend that you want to know.I have tears on...
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Pentecost Sunday Prayers
Come, Holy Spirit, come. You are the source of all knowledge. Come, Holy Spirit, come. Enkindle in me the fire of Your love. Amen
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Those of us who are Baptized, who believe and call ourselves Christian, who attempt to follow our Lord, Jesus Christ, have received the Holy Spirit in full measure at our Baptisms. Nothing was held...
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To Everything, Turn, Turn, Turn....
And so we are empty nesters once again.The robins flocked in our yard, but not in the front where they nested the past years.They picked the inconvenient location of the stairs to our deck.There were 3...
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First Communion Weekend
My bro and his daughter on her First Holy Communion weekend.The tulips were blooming up north.The family.Dressed for communion.Such a sweet face.All of these kids were strangers. The kids she had gone...
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Dear Lord,Thanks for all the good gifts I can't even think of at the moment. Thanks for the holes in my life that give me the humility to let You in to work and to bless others.Thanks for the pain of...
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Seven Scattered Quick Takes
Jennifer Fulwiler hosts this carnival of "takes." Go visit the rest.1. By Friday last week the cough hadn't gone away. The foot hurt and I hadn't been cast for the brace. So, overall, I was a mess....
View ArticleTraffic
I learned to drive out in the country. I lived 12 or so miles from "town" which is small town Quincy, IL. Drivers ed was spent on country lanes and the hard road. There wasn't much traffic where I...
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Sunday Prayers
Lord, how gracious and loving are You. How beautiful are the works of Your hand. Again and again You show me Your mercy. Thank You and praise Your holy name. Amen
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Memorial Day
For a Dead Kitten Put the rubber mouse away,Pick the spools up from the floor—What was velvet-shod and gayWill not need them any more.What was soft and warm, is cold—Whence dissolved the little...
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The Rivers Are Wide
The first weekend in May I did some traveling. It was a wet weekend, ending a wet week, a wet spring season in the Mississippi River valley.The Lamoine River which empties into the Illinois River was...
View ArticleLast Day of School Eve
Tomorrow is the last day of school. It has been a long year with 5 make up days for snow and tornadoes. I have too many overdues. Some will come back over the summer. Some will be paid for. Some...
View ArticleThank You, Lord
Dear Lord,Today is a day of great rejoicing. School is out! Thank You Lord for seeing me through another year. As I age, it becomes more clear to me how little I do, and how much is grace. As I...
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Seven Quick Takes
Jennifer Fulwiler hosts this carnival. Go visit the rest.1. Saturday we cleaned the house. And cleaned the house. And cleaned the house. And there is still cleaning to do. The lawnmower isn't...
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Happy 92!
My mom turns 92 today. That makes her the bravest person I know. Old age is not for sissies. She has outlived her husband and her closest sister and her other 2 siblings are sinking into...
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