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.
This weekend my eldest daughter returned from college for her fall break. Like probably every other mother who has sent a child away to school, I am elated to have her back in the nest. She turned 18 a couple of days ago and we were not able to be together for her special day,…
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….
Lately, I have had some “time”. It has been a real gift to slow down to get things done. I have gone from three jobs to two and have flexibility to some extent in both of those. This “time” that I feel is just returning has allowed me to look around a little more. Here…
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…
Click the link to the Facebook post from Vatican Radio-English Edition. Pope Francis during his general audience today concedes to the playfulness of the wind. If you look, you can see him holding his cross. When I do this, I am praying to someone. My guess is that this is the secret to his joy…
My daughter was putting an essay together for a school project where the theme was “The Magic of the Moment”. She talked about a special night when we were camping this year. After my husband and I sent the kids to bed we took a walk down to the lake not far from our campsite. …