What’s the Buzz?
Yellow jackets in my walls. Right next to my desk. What is God telling me?? (Besides, get an exterminator)
Wife, mother, blogger, Catholic ministry. I love to garden even when it goes wrong. Same with writing (and we know it can go wrong.) Believing that God is present in all of it.
….Brother Luke for best portrayal of absent monk in a documentary! Life is so random! There we were, my friends and I, finalizing our purchases at the bookstore of our monastery when we overheard a long conversation about homemade fudge between some ladies and Brother Luke. I had been joking that we weren’t special enough…
I am always getting compliments about my kids. They are good kids, I can see why people like them. They are thoughtful, respectful but still playful in the kid way. They are always willing to help and try their very best to be kind. Kindness is a big thing in my world. When I receive…
One rule while I was growing up and in my own house now was that no Christmas was put away until after the Epiphany, (though the official end to the church season is next week when we celebrate The Baptism of the Lord). Consequently, I also do not immediately put up decorations on Thanksgiving. I believe…
” Do to others as you would have them do to you. For if you love those who love you, what credit is that to you? Even sinners love those who love them. And if you do good to those who do good to you, what credit is that to you? Even sinners do the…
Last week we did something new at our Pastoral Council meeting, we had it at a new location. Well, a new old location since it is the former convent of a church that we merged with. We were the first of the re-configurations that took place all those years ago and was, as I have…
I am sitting here during a very rare moment of quiet. I am in the midst of card writing, baking, wrapping, getting kids where they need and trying to not violate any health dept codes in the meantime! It has been quite an Advent. On one of my errands today I ran into one of my…