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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Began a challenge.  Wish me luck…I am beginning to feel my oats.  Time to bring my body back around to where my mind and spirit are.  Anyone want to join me?

To LOYNO With Love Part I

To LOYNO With Love Part I

I admit, I was pretty anxious heading to New Orleans all alone.  I told anyone who would listen how I didn’t like the idea of going to the Big Easy all by myself!  One thought after another came, what if, what if, what if??  But I had to go since it was a training and…

Good Friday

“From noon onward, darkness came over the whole land until three in the afternoon. And about three o’clock Jesus cried out in a loud voice, “Eli, Eli, lema Sabachthani” which means, “my God, my God, why have you forsaken me?” Some of the bystanders who heard it said, “This one is calling for Elijah.” Immediately…

Talking Dirt

I spent the day outside tending the gardens and getting some seeds sewn for indoors.  It was a glorious day spent with the young’uns and seeing them free and basking in the sun and warm air!  As we worked our way around our large suburban swatches of land, I was reminding my daughter to be careful of the…

Choosing Lent

Choosing Lent

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”…

Juxtaposition

Juxtaposition

I will be honest, Wednesday was an emotional roller-coaster. I was called in early to sub which of course throws off the day anyway, but more so since I wanted to blog and get some other things done. At about 10:30 the school received a phone call that a man had gone to two locations in a…