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Sunday Prayers
Lord, I praise You and I give You glory, praise and honor. I love the beauty of the earth You made. I love the creativity that You display and use in all created things. I love the way the snow...
View ArticleForgiveness
This was an epiphany for me at a conference a few weeks ago. Forgiveness does not mean excusing someone from the wrong they did. I always thought that I had to find a way that I could understand and...
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Snow, Not Much
We had a little snow last week on Wednesday. Thursday morning there was a little snow on the ground. Unlike so much of the country this year, we haven't seen much snow. I call this dawn snowscape....
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Yarn Along, Owl Crochet
I am a very beginning crochet person, but I have moved beyond the scarf. On Facebook I saw these little nesting rainbow owls and I thought I would try one. I am not finished yet, needing to do the...
View ArticleThankful Thursday
Dear God,Thank You for all the times during the day when I can praise You. Thank You for calling the higher things and the graces and mercies and love I receive to my mind during the day and through...
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7 Quick Takes
Kelly Mantoan hosts this carnival of blogs. 1. Last weekend the weather was perfect, as though spring was beginning with temperatures in the 60s. It was hard to believe that it was February, but in...
View ArticleHappy V Day
My husband and I met on Valentine's Day in 1978. We were the only two Catholics at a Methodist prayer meeting. The pastor and his wife were celebrating their anniversary. I remember that my husband...
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Sunday Prayers
Lord, I praise You and honor You this day. I ask for a full measure of Your blessings and Your mercy. I know that You love me. You created me for this life. Help me to feel Your abundance like a...
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Ode to Snow ( A Repost from 2011)
Snow, you humble me.I cry for you to go.I bargain.I make deals and look for signs.I pretend I don't see you.But, I have no control, no impact.You are sent from on high.All that is left for me to doIs...
View ArticleThe Fitbit
I got a Fitbit a few weeks back. My brother got one for Christmas and he recommended it. I was on the fence about getting one. I had worn a pedometer for years and so I had a idea of how much I...
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Yarn Along Crocheted Owls
I finished the pink owl from last week and started a white one. I am about half way through the Hinds Feet book. It is very deep and I am taking it slowly.Go around and join Ginnie in the Yarn Along...
View ArticleThankful Thursday
Dear Jesus,Thank You for another Lent to try to grow closer to You. As my spiritual director recently pointed out to me, faith life is not a one and done proposition, but rather a spiral growing...
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7 Quick Takes
Kelly Mantoan hosts this meme these days. Welcome, if you have joined me from there!1. Saturday was an eventful Valentine's Day. I had the Magnificat Catholic Women's Prayer breakfast in the morning....
View ArticlePurpose
Recently when a friend announced an engagement and another friend announced a new grandbaby, I have to admit a felt a moment of envy. The envy didn't really involve jealousy in the sense that I wasn't...
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Sunday Prayers
Dear Lord, I know that You love me. I am working at feeling Your love, remembering Your love. I am working at the joy of knowing that You love me. Amen
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Happy Banana Bread Day!
Have some bananas rotting on the counter? Today is the day to use them and make banana bread. It is National Banana Bread Day.And if you want my recipe--it is here.And I make this banana bread recipe...
View ArticleWhat People Tell Me
I am endeavoring to find my authentic self, the self God created me to be. I am trying to be in touch with the gift that is my life. I am trying to celebrate my own successes and give up any need to...
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Yarn Along, Crochet Owls, They Are Multiplying
Like any new skill, it takes practice to reach perfection, or if not perfection, competence. The first pink owl I made is not much to my liking, but I didn't frog it because she was a learning tool....
View ArticleThank You, Lord
Dear Lord,Thank You for the snow and the sparkly ice. And I thank You that I don't live in the frozen north or far, far south, where ice and sparkly snow is more than a rare gift, but rather a way of...
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SQTs
Kelly Mantoan hosts this carnival and I am getting used to her. Go around and visit the rest.1. After the snow on Saturday there was a respite during which I decided to hightail it up to Quincy to see...
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