Happy Birthday, Sister
A long long time ago in a galaxy far away, or maybe it was just in another state I got the best gift ever. I got a long awaited much anticipated sister. I had great expectations for this sister. I...
View ArticleRetirement
A few years ago when I had just completed a painful divorce my new financial advisor told me that if I wanted to, I could retire making about the same money as I had while working. The way he put it,...
View ArticleBoring Post--Baby, Baby
My little granddaughter and I have had our moments. She didn't take to me for quite a while. She wanted Mommy. She really wanted Mommy. I wasn't Mommy. She screamed at the top of her lungs at the...
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Sunday Prayers
Lord,I thank You for the many good gifts in my life. I thank You for things I know about and appreciate and things I never noticed, but were provided for me. I thank You for this Advent and a time...
View ArticleAs You Probably Noticed...
My theme for Advent this year is thankfulness. I am noticing and noting some of the many gifts that I have received. All good gifts are from heaven as the song says, the Bible says. So, I am noting...
View ArticleDo You Hear What I Hear?
I am digging out my Christmas CDs. I have already put up my Christmas tree. I think that I am largely finished shopping for the holiday. I have plans for my small holiday gathering. I am looking...
View ArticleI Am Not the King of Romania
If I announced that I were the King of Romania, I wouldn't be the king or even the queen. If I declare that taking Vitamin ZYQ would make me live to 100, it wouldn't. If I refuse to wear a shirt or a...
View ArticleAs the Year Races On
It feels like last Christmas was a million years ago. I was looking over journal entries from a year ago and I was in a whole different place last year. I was most probably somewhat depressed. I...
View ArticleBlow Ye Winds Softly, Blow
I am still walking my imaginary dog around the neighborhood. I seem to meet and talk to people more. I know Tammy and Margaret and the man who walks the beagle. The decorations on houses have...
View ArticleBoring Post--Determined
I am old and slow. Nothing makes this clearer than my 8 months old granddaughter who periodically decides to escape my care. She makes a beeline for her mother's office which happens to be the...
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Sunday Prayers
Lord,You are in my very heart, knowing what I need before I know myself. Help me to keep that in mind as I hurry through my day. Help me to trust and to love. Help me to find joy in the days....
View ArticleRaw Apple Fruit Cake
I am one of the very few who enjoy fruit cake at Christmas. I suppose this love came to me by way of my father. Dad liked food and except for hot dogs, I can't think of anything that he didn't like...
View ArticleThe Ides of December
I will always be thankful to Julius Caesar (or perhaps William Shakespeare) that I know that ides is the 15th. The middle of December, such a cold dark time. It is time to get cracking on Christmas...
View ArticleTidy, Continued
Somewhere a little less than a year ago I watched Tidying Up on Netflix. I had selected that show because I was working on something and just wanted background noise. I wanted something that would...
View ArticleO Wisdom
Today the Church begins the 7 O Antiphons which give voice to our hope and longing for the coming of Christ at Christmas and the hope for His return at the end of the world. The song O Come, O Come,...
View ArticleO Adonai
O Adonai and the leader of the house of Israel, who appeared to Moses in the fire of the burning bush and gave him the law on Mount Sinai: Come and redeem us with an outstretched arm.Appear to me God,...
View ArticleO Root of Jesse
O Root of Jesse, standing as a sign among the peoples; before you kings will shut their mouths, to you the nations will make their prayer: Come and deliver us, and delay no longer.Lord, waiting is...
View ArticleO Key of David
O Key of David and scepter of the house of Israel; you open and no one can shut and no one can open; come and lead the prisoners from the prison house, those who dwell in darkness and the shadow of...
View ArticleO Sunrise
O Sunrise, splendor of the light eternal and sun of righteousness: Come and enlighten those who dwell in darkness and the shadow of death.Lord, such a dark time of year. The sun disappears before the...
View ArticleO King of Nations
O King of the Nations, and their desire, the cornerstone making both one: Come and save the human race, which You fashioned from clay.Help me to desire You above all things. Help me to desire Your...
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