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.
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Today is the last day in my 40’s. I’m not sure what that really means except that now I have to once again remember my age. I would like to suggest that I am traumatized by this, but I am not. I do however have to repeat it to myself because I find it confusing….
My Mother
Today is my mother’s 80th birthday. She was waitressing as she does every Monday- Thursday at my sister’s restaurant. She was lavished with love and flowers. She was reminded how much she matters. She deserves every bit of it.When I was growing up we had very little. My mother though, as a true Irishwoman does,…
Facebook Respite
I’ve sat on this post for a while. But, this conversation came up again yesterday; why am I no longer on Facebook? Trying to explain it in some way actually underlines why I’m not. It makes me want to ask “Why do I need to be?” Here is the backstory: I closed my personal facebook…
Checkpoint 1
repurposed post “A clean heart create for me O God, renew in me a steadfast spirit. Do not drive from me your presence, nor take from me your holy spirit.” Psalm 51: 12-13 I have been lingering in the Psalms for a while with this one being one of my favorites. I have verse 12…
In Sickness and In Health
It has been a less than stellar week for romance in our house which wouldn’t normally matter but we did have our 20th wedding anniversary and from what I have gleaned, it should be acknowledged in a loving way. I tried to care but I was so sick on Tuesday that nothing mattered except sleep…
When Louis Walked In
I often say, “You never know who is in front of you.” My job is to learn what I can and to facilitate whatever needs to happen. Louis and his brother are in 9th and 6th grade and their parents (his Spanish speaking mother and father) came to sign them up for classes. Neither children…