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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Please stand, as I introduce you to my newest friend, (and recent harvest) Mr. Carrotpants. Oh sure, he looks like an orange Butterball turkey but he is ALL carrot. I posted this on a social media site and someone mocked it, in jest called it a, “monstrosity” (Poor Mr. Carrotpants!) but it made me think…

“No Greater Love”

Today is Veterans Day, a day that we remember those who have served and are serving in our military forces.  My father, brother, husband, father in law, uncle,  brother in law and several friends rank among those people who dedicated a period of time in service to our country.  Some saw action, others didn’t.  The…

The Lord Is Risen!!!

“After the Sabbath, as the first day of the week was dawning, Mary Magdelene and the other Mary came to see the tomb. And behold, there was a great earthquake; for an angel of the Lord descended from heaven, approached, rolled back the stone and sat upon it. His appearance was like lightening and his…

Worth Waiting For…

I have fallen in love with Dahlia’s lately. In a mad state of “must have” I bought a bunch of Dahlia tubers and planted them around the perimeter of my Squash garden. Not my best plan. I didn’t really listen to the needs of the tubers as well as I thought I had and I…

Mercy Not Sacrifice

“I say to you, something greater than the temple is here. If you knew what this meant ‘ I desire mercy not sacrifice’ you would not have condemned these innocent men” Matthew 12: 6-7Jesus is defending the actions of his hungry disciples in this passage after they have violated a rule of Sabbath by picking…

Lady
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Lady

There is a lady in our parish who helps tend the flowers.  She also cleans up the pews and around the church.  She also brings gifts for the priest; this woman who has virtually nothing.She is Vietnamese and maybe 70 years old.  She wears what the women would have worn during the war.  She speaks…