White Christmas Count your Blessings
On this July day, when it’s 84 degrees with a lovely breeze this song came to me. Such beautiful voices…and so soothing! Just felt like posting it.
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.
“The Lord is my shepherd, I shall not want” Ps. 23 It was a big day in our house, my eldest daughter bought her first car. She has been working a part-time job for a while now and saving almost every penny so that she could purchase something. With the help of her grandparents, she…
I have fallen in love with Dahlia’s lately. In a mad state of “must have” I bought a bunch of Dahlia corms and planted them around the perimeter of my Squash garden. Not my best plan. I didn’t really listen to the needs of the corms as well as I thought I had and I…
In November, I try to focus the kids in the program on our belief in the Communion of Saints. My hope is that as time goes on, they can access the gift of faith through this particular teaching. My hope is that it can bring them some solace when losses in their own lives happen….
A classmate of mine passed away yesterday after a lifelong battle with herself. I hope she has found peace. I remember 30 years ago thinking she was unhappy even though she appeared happy on the surface. Still, she allowed herself to be used and misused and consequently mocked. She had a very clear reputation. But…
I walked out to my yard about a month ago and noticed that the tomato plant was growing out of the side of the compost bin…nothing unusual mind you. So about a week later I noticed the corn popping up on the other side. (Just for clarity I need to mention that I have only…
I decided it would be a good time to take some pictures when the compost is raw and being dumped into. Bin #1…otherwise known as “What did we eat yesterday?” and bunny bedding. Bin #2 You could learn a lot from my compost.Here is the problem, bin number two should be emptier and have…