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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Refining Fire
I decided that if time allowed I would take part in the Deepening Friendship Writing Retreat that Vinita Hampton is sponsoring on her blog through Loyola Press. Today’s topic is about the senses. I need to begin by saying that I am a bit overwhelmed at the moment and that trying to take part in something that…
Answers
It occurred to me today that I accepted not one but two positions that I am pretty sure no one else wants. I discerned them at length… I really did. But I am already feeling the frustration of one of the drawbacks to one of the positions and I haven’t even become official. What a sucker I am. …
Stopping for Directions
“Make known to me your ways, Lord, teach me your paths. Guide me in your truth and teach me, for you are God my savior.” Psalm 25:4-5This was the psalm in our response at church today, and it got me thinking, what better way to get to where we want to be as a people…
Glimpsing
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Before I Go Any Further
Instinctively, I reach for the hand but then pull back, remembering all of my stuff. I am convinced that whoever the voice belongs to can’t possibly see it, because if he did, he definitely wouldn’t be so eager to invite me closer. He can’t see the mess I am, of this I am certain. “What…
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How beautiful and how absolutely true. Thank you for the poem and for the picture of the woods. The woods is one of my favourite places and I love to take my grandchildren walking in the woods as it seems that there they like to talk about God. Blessings and prayers.