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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.
http://www.facebook.com/#!/FrJamesMartinPlease click the link to take you to a post from Fr. Martin’s FB page. As most know, we are all bracing for Sandy here in the northeast…or as I really prefer to call it, Frankenstorm. (A hearty thankyou for the creator of that name!) But here is a post that reminds us how the…
Today is Ash Wednesday which means it is the beginning of Lent. In some ways my whole world revolves around the liturgical seasons, they help me make sense out of a confusing world. I am not so easily drawn into the chaos of things, be it society or nature, because I have this “safety net”…
Just wanted to share the final news story on Alex this week. A statement written in the program for her funeral is at the end of the story. Any prayers offered contributed to this sense of peace that they display here. Reminding us that a moment does not define a lifetime. Thank you for all…
I just opened a piece of Dove dark chocolate. I am generally amused by the little messages. Like “Happiness looks great on you” or “Your smile lights up a room” but sometimes, the messages make me think that Dove (ironically which image represents the Holy Spirit) talks to me personally. Yes, I hear you, one…
It is and isn’t what you think. Yes, January is by far my hardest month of the year and I am coping as I generally do, watching and reading Jane Austen and theology books while knitting scarves. Only scarves. That is all I knit. But I am trying to purl again! I am also trying…
My poor little blog has been ignored for some time now. It makes me a little sad to think how much I am not writing on it. I have stopped writing altogether in an attempt to weed something out of my “must do” mindset. In reality, I only enjoy doing the blog…it isn’t a must…