Author: Annette

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.
NCCL 2015

NCCL 2015

I spent this past week with some pretty extraordinary people.  I learned quite a bit and was able to catch up with old friends.  I learned that whenever I worry about something that I am suppose to do, God goes before me. I learned that there are people out there that are getting their time…

The Ride — Repost– In Praise of Riders
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The Ride — Repost– In Praise of Riders

This is a story about my community. http://charleyproject.org/cases/w/wood_sara.html It tells the details.  Twenty years later, I still can feel the terror that took over the hearts of our community. Though I didn’t know her or the family, my brother and his family live one house away from the church where her father was Pastor. She was kidnapped about…