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Customs

April 6, 2010

No, no, not the customs that you go through when entering a country (and that brings back memories of trips to Canada for dancing and gambling).  Rather the customs of our prayer life, our faith, our families.  Our traditions (small t, not big T!).
On the Monday of Holy Week I was able to attend one [...]

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Crashing and suffering

March 1, 2010

If you have one of the “Little Black Books” that parishes give out and are keeping up on the readings, this will be familiar.  Bear with me, please.
Then they came to a place named Gethsemane, and he said to his disciples, “Sit here while I pray.”
He took with him Peter, James, and John, and began [...]

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Damned

February 24, 2010

As one of my protestant friends always reminds me, we are all damned in our sins.  If not for the grace of God, we still would be.  God steps into our lives, infuses us with grace, we turn to Him and look.  And what do we see?  What is that image that is the center [...]

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Paczki, not poonchky.

February 16, 2010

Happy Fat Tuesday everyone!  I hope you are enjoying getting rid of all your butter, lard, sugar and other forbidden foods in preparation for Lent.
Ok, well, let’s be honest here.  We’re just eating those delicious deep fried doughnuts cause it’s a cultural tradition even though the reason has gone away.  Lent is the Catholic “new [...]

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Facing the grief

February 11, 2010

 
 
See that little girl up there in Jesus’ arms?  That’s my baby sister, Celeste.  We’re coming up on her 5th birthday, March 14th.  It’s been 5 years, 5 long years. 
Today I did something brave.  At first, I didn’t think much of it.  And then I realized it was pretty significant. 
I drove to Children’s Hospital. 
Children’s is [...]

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Snow day

February 9, 2010

Snow is falling, not too gently.  We’re expected to get anywhere from 5-10 inches by tomorrow morning.  Of course, it isn’t nearly as much as some other parts of the country and I am thanking God profusely for not living there.
Can you tell I don’t like snow?
I’ve never been a winter girl.  I’m a summer [...]

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this is life before who you’re gonna be

February 5, 2010

There’s a Taylor Swift song that’s pretty popular right now.  Here’s the lyrics.
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You take a deep breath and you walk through the doors
Its the morning of your very first day
you say hi to your friends you ain’t seen in a while
Try and stay out of everybody’s way
its your freshman year and you’re gonna be [...]

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What does it cost?

January 29, 2010

Yesterday when I was picking up my nephew to babysit, I was talking with my sister.  We both agreed that we could probably thouroughly clean our houses in about an hour if we put the time and effort into really getting it done.
So today, the experiment starts.  I’m not going to try and tackle the [...]

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Choices

January 22, 2010

Today is my half birthday.  I’m officially 23 1/2 now!
Today is also the 37th anniversary of Roe vs. Wade.
Over 40 million babies have been aborted since then.
I could have been one of them.
My mom conceived me during her senior year of college.  People told her that it would be “easiest” or a “good idea” to [...]

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Pick your Crazy Train

January 22, 2010

I’m thirsty.
Well.  There’s a lot of beer in the fridge!  Or wine.. or liquor!
Water.  Water water water.  Pop is bad.  Anything but water is bad and will make me fat.
The baby’s up.  What do I do with her?
Oh she’ll be fine on her own!  I’m fine on my own, right?  Maybe she wants some beer [...]

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