New Day!
Since it is January 10th, I have decided to briefly come out of my cocoon and get some work done. Bear with me as I get this blog reoriented into regular time.
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.
These are the two super pumpkin plants I planted….3 weeks ago mind you. Not in the best place, I admit. Unprotected, shady…far from the water source. And this is what is growing out of my compost. I used the dirt for the garden and there was a little left in there that I just left…
Here are some quotes that stuck out to me when I was reading the Popes impromptu and no holds barred interview. I will link it at the bottom so you can read it yourself. Let me know what you think!“…a single tree falling makes a sound, but a whole forest growing doesn’t.” What we do…
I accidently read the Monday readings on Sunday during my morning ritual. Monday’s reading was about healing the woman doubled over in pain on the Sabbath. I was stopped at the moment when Jesus is chastising the Pharisees for taking him to task for healing on the Sabbath. His response, “ought she not to have…
Today would have been my grandmothers 109th birthday. She passed away four years ago at 105. We all still miss her and her love. Grandmothers, loving grandmothers, are like that. I was in my forties and it was still too early for her to leave. I miss her hands, her kisses and her essence. I…
Another friend has gone to heaven. This one a mother of school age children, whom she adopted. The circumstances around all of this is so tragic that it is hard to even think about it with a clear head. Another friend from high school. Another avoidable death.And yet, I have this vision of her laughing…
I just wanted to share an excellent article from the Guardian about the Catholic church in England. I love correlation to the Arab spring and how the people can influence the direction that the church goes in. Let me know what you think!http://apps.facebook.com/theguardian/commentisfree/belief/2011/nov/10/catholic-church-people-power?fb_ref=U-_a1toroc6Ih74pU9IVfq_J-CFCONX01FRS-339thXXX&fb_source=home_multiline&fb_action_types=news.reads