...And It Is All Good
My sister and I have been "writing a book" for about 5 years now. Properly stated, she has been writing a book and I have been offering research and opinions. I loved the book she finished. It had a...
View ArticleWho Tells Your Story
My great grandfather, John Homer Seger, was a settler of what became the state of Oklahoma. He went down to Indian Territory after he had tried his hand soldiering for the Union at the end of the...
View ArticleOff On Adventures
This summer I have been off on adventures. Some of them only in my mind. Some of them by land and car.But the greatest adventure was watching my grandson as he is turning into a boy and not a baby....
View ArticleLetter to a Suffering Church
The Archdiocese of St Louis recently released the list of abusive priests. I was surprised by the name of a former pastor who I had admired. This makes 8 known pedophiles that I have personally had...
View ArticleI Am Free
Once upon a time I believed that I would never be divorced. I believed I could endure anything. I believed that my misery didn't matter. I believed that I could explain something to someone, they...
View ArticleAnd I Wish You a Happy New Year
I have had my ups and downs this Advent. I fell off the altar after reconciliation and bruised my knee, but otherwise I was fine, if embarrassed. I had 3 parties in one week early in Advent. I...
View ArticleJoyous Dance, or Stop the Enabling and Get on with Life
On this joyous journey called life that I am living and moving and having my being, I am continually learning new things. I have recently been shown that I am an enabler. I do things for others that...
View ArticleBlogging, A Semi-Occasional Project
I am considering closing the blog. I obviously don't get around to it often. I am writing other things in other places these days. I am playing with babies and reading stories. I have a life....
View ArticleViruses, Lent and Other Sacrifices
This is Lent, approaching springtime, time to prepare for joy. The news is full of doom and gloom with virus talk and elections and economic problems. Take a deep breath and rely on God. That is the...
View ArticleGod's Many Gifts
I had a new granddaughter during the height of the pandemic here. She has the name of one of my most favorite aunts. That aunt passed away from colon cancer shortly after I lost a baby to ectopic...
View ArticleI Used To...
I am a stay at home girl these days and for the foreseeable future. Even if they announced a vaccine tomorrow for this novel corona virus it would be a while before it would be available. And I am...
View ArticleThanks, Jen Fulwiler
Jennifer Fulwiler, Conversion Diarist, Radio Host, and Stand Up Comic has a new book out. Your Blue Flame. I loved her other two books, so I thought I would give it a try. I wasn't sure that the...
View ArticleThe Birds, The Birds
When my parents thought they would never be able to have children, they found many things to keep them busy and to try to satisfy their desire to nurture. They sponsored scouting, they were teachers,...
View ArticleGood Fences Make Good Neighbors
"Something there is that doesn't love a wall" is the beginning of a poem by Robert Frost. I can probably recite most of it by memory. I think it is called Mending Wall. My dad loved Robert Frost and...
View ArticleAlone
I am very fortunate to have many poems committed to memory. It used to be a teaching style, that students would memorize and then write the poem for a grade in high school. My English teacher in high...
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Memories
Boats on the Sea of Galilee from a couple of years ago when I was there, on a boat, on the Sea of Galilee. There was no storm that day, but it was January and it rained a bit. It was cold. I have a...
View ArticleCrazy Mess
Everybody has their own form of crazy, as I call it. A nicer way to say it might be, people have their own way of dealing with stress, their own way of self soothing. Mine is escape. I get away for...
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Prayers for Sunday
Lord,On this Sunday morning when so much of the world is turned upside down, when instead of going to church many of us are watching church and longing for You, we praise You and thank You because we...
View ArticleUnder My Belt
As I write this on Friday night, I am smiling because this is for Monday morning. I have posts scheduled already for Saturday and Sunday. I used to live my life this way, stacking up future posts and...
View ArticleRock Star
I am a daycare provider for my almost 2 year old grandson. His parents work from home when they aren't having a new baby, so I have been fortunate to continue to have contact with them. Right now I...
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