Boring Post for Saturday--Tree Trimmers, Trash Trucks, Mailpersons, Oh My!
Entertaining a three year old and a one year old can have its challenges. Little granddaughter who is one likes to be the center of attention. She often doesn't understand why her brother likes...
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Sunday Prayers
Lord,You give me all good things. You care for me. I might even have a miraculous coin appear in a fish when I needed to pay the taxes. I might have help when I need it. I am always loved through...
View ArticleSo, Last Week We All Got Sick
My grandchildren came down with something last week. It was a runny nose, coughing thing. Early in the week my son and daughter in law developed the symptoms. I had some mild symptoms, but I...
View ArticleHot Oven
We had a little heat wave last week. This is not unusual for this time of year. I seem to feel the heat more than I used to and stay in the air conditioning as much as possible. I don't walk that...
View ArticleJust Fine
I had doctors appointments with tests in the past couple of weeks. I have some more things in the future. I dread the tests. This is the way I feel. I go in for a test and I am fine and healthy and...
View ArticleIce Cream Man
When I was growing up in Rockford, Illinois in the early 1960s there were tons of baby boom kids in the neighborhood and houses were springing up in the cornfields as far as the eye could see. One...
View ArticleBreakthrough
I have a friend who got COVID in March 2020 and recovered without a lot of medical drama. But, from the symptoms especially taste and smell and coughing, she concluded that she had COVID. The same...
View ArticleBoring Post for Saturday--Communication
I know that I have written about my granddaughter's ability to communicate before. I just don't want to forget these little things, because I suspect that soon she will be talking up a storm and I...
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Sunday Prayers
Lord,I come to do Your Will, every day of my life. But, sometimes I forget that. Sometimes I get lost along the way. Call me back to You. Remind me that I am doing Your Will, that I rely on Divine...
View ArticleElijah and the Prophets of Baal
One of my favorite places in Israel was Mt Carmel. From the overlook we could see the place where Elijah beat the 400 prophets of Baal. It is a clearing that we overlooked from the Our Lady of Mt...
View ArticleSlim Pickings
I had considered taking this week off of blogging. I feel out of ideas. I feel spent. This is the last full week of babysitting. I have fears and regrets, but I am holding to the plan, tenuously...
View ArticleGrandma's Peaches and Apricots
My dad's mother didn't have much in the way of material possessions in my memory. My grandpa had Parkinson's disease from his 50s and couldn't work. This was back before there was any kind of safety...
View ArticleThankful Thursday
I am thankful that I like to write. If I couldn't write I think I would be so lonely and my feelings would be all bottled up inside. I might be like a volcano, ready to erupt.
View ArticleFriday
So, Friday. What is there to say? Friday. A couple of days of daycare next week and I am done. I will try not to feel like I am looking over the edge of a cliff. I will try to rejoice. I will...
View ArticleBoring Post for Saturday--Monkey, Monkey, Monkey
My granddaughter likes monkeys. Her mom got her a sock monkey for Christmas and she sleeps with that. I have a couple of Curious George stuffed animals, one big, one small that she also loves. I...
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Sunday Prayers
Blessed Mother,You were assumed into heaven. What must that have been like? What was it like to raise Jesus, to follow Him, to watch Him die, and rise? I can't imagine the mystery of your life....
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Mary, Hail Holy Queen
I included this rather poor quality picture in my prayers on the Assumption because it was taken in the lower portion of the church of the Dormition of Mary, when Mary fell asleep. There is...
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Uncle Don
That guy in the blue is my dad's brother. He is the last of the siblings. He worked in baseball. He was a heavy smoker. He was my famous relative. He is one of the most humble people I have ever...
View ArticleIt is finished. It has begun!
Finnigan, begin again. I start my second retirement today. I retired from teaching and soon found myself in the unpaid childcare business. I loved it and I hated it. I loved getting to know my...
View ArticleYet another fish
My fish Jojo died sometime in May. I am not sure exactly when. I noticed that his swimming got sort of lopsided and then I stopped seeing him. Unfortunately, I was really busy then and I have these...
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