The Things We Do For Love
I don't know how I got so blessed in the parenting department. I have a great kid. He is closer to 40 than 30 so I suppose most of you wouldn't call him a kid anymore, but he will always be my baby....
View ArticleWinning the Lottery
At the rate I am going I will never win the Lottery. I haven't bought a ticket in at least 20 years, so I am confident that unless I change my ways, I will never win the Lottery. But a common...
View ArticleBless This House...
A couple of weeks ago I finally got my act together and called the Body of Christ in the persona of my friends and family to bless my house. I used the Catholic Blessing for new houses..... We prayed...
View ArticleAnybody Remember Ben Casey?
I am a little too young to have regularly watched the old television drama Ben Casey. When it was coming on, I remember that I was told to head to bed. The show was a medical drama and I only remember...
View ArticleTiny Bubbles.....
When I saw my spiritual director last week she encouraged me to write down this story I told her. It is about the house blessing I recently held, but the story began last August.....In mid-August I...
View ArticleThanksgiving
I had a wonderful Thanksgiving. Only 7 total at the table, but that was enough. I did traditional dishes, turkey green bean casserole, corn casserole, stuffing, rolls, and ham....and pies. And...
View ArticleEmpty Stable
I pulled out all of the Christmas decorations from the nooks and crannies and corners of my life and let them reside in boxes in my living room and entryway. Last year I gave away boxes of Christmas...
View ArticleLost Lamb
On the feast day of St Nicholas my daughter in law had the sad news that one of the twins is no more. It is just gone. Apparently, until blood tests and ultra sounds in the first trimester this...
View ArticleWhy Do I Write?
Maybe I will go back and try to link this up, but let's see how it goes first. I read about this prompt on Rebecca's The Road Home. The first prompt is--Why do you write?I have always been a journal...
View ArticleKind People
I am often surprised by kindness sent my direction. By someone who smiles, or holds the door, or says something really nice without provocation or warning or necesseity. Why does that bring tears to...
View ArticleAnd a hush fell over the crowd...
Silent Night, Holy Night....Lots of silence it this season. Lots of calm and bright, if the carols are to be believed. But, my lived experience suggests otherwise. This season is crazy, busy and...
View ArticleO The Weather Outside Is Frightful...
I may be wrong, but I don't recall snow last winter. We had ice and cold temperatures, but memories of snow elude me. But, this morning I woke up and snow. There was about an inch. It was...
View ArticleDecember 26th
Christmas was lovely this year. I am putting down the bad memories and making new ones, better ones. Last year I had to paint the deck of the house we were selling on this day, Dec. 26, so that it...
View ArticleNote to Self: Myself, Myself.....I Control Myself
I still carry around a lot of baggage. Hurts, resentments, pain from past lives, past places I was in the journey. I try to put it all down. I know I need to. The only person who I hurt with this...
View ArticleFeast of the Holy Family
We are approaching the feast of the Holy Family. I both love and hate that feast. I love the idea of that feast. I wanted to forever be an example of the virtues of the Holy Family. I wanted to be...
View ArticleA Decade for Hope Echoes
Ten years ago today I started this blog. It was an experiment, a life raft, a little piece of hope. I had big ideals and big dreams, but I thought my life would never change, would always be about...
View ArticleChristmas Memories
That blog jump start that I am not really doing had a topic last week about memories of Christmas. I love a writing prompt, so here goes.This year I found myself getting stuck in bad, terrible,...
View ArticleIf You Write It, They Will Come
I am ending the year strong with several posts and a few more readers, at least that is what the stats show. And posting makes me happy, so here goes--I haven't participated in 7 Quick Takes in a long...
View ArticleBloggy Resolutions
I am generally not big on New Years Resolutions. It seems like if there is something I need to change, I shouldn't wait until January first to change it. At 10 years old, this blog is growing up and...
View ArticleHappy New Year
My word of the year is Active. Not the one I would have chosen, but given by Jennifer Fulwilers' word generator. And I need to be more active. So, active it is. My saint is St. Andrew the Apostle....
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