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November 2021

November 29, 2021
In the parking lot after the first Sunday of Advent,  my teen saw a car...
November 25, 2021
One of the joys of Chemo is the unpredictability of sleep.  I both need tons...
November 19, 2021
Grace and gracefulness never guaranteed... Back in high school, I danced.  Eventually, either the teachers...
November 16, 2021
"How can heaven be paradise if some people will be divided from their loved ones?...
November 15, 2021
I crave approval and attention.  Additionally, I want to be thought of as smart.  I...
November 11, 2021
Why I ordered new pants today... So I called my mom today and we visited. ...
November 08, 2021
We hear the Gospels but we've heard them so often, sometimes we've lost our imaginative...
November 06, 2021
The problem with being a writer is, you have your past words to remind you...
November 05, 2021
INSERT PICTURE OF ANNOYING SALES PERSON SAYING BUY NOW OR RUIN ALL HOLIDAYS FOREVER WITH...
November 02, 2021
It's hard to know what to call this person I know who died today.  He's...

October 2021

October 29, 2021
Discussing the Joyful Mysteries connection to something of life, other than just happiness, something that...
October 29, 2021
How we are the both ands, not either   We are to love God first,...
October 26, 2021
Recently, I served as a substitute teacher for an American Sign Language class to help...
October 24, 2021
I'm thinking, we need a do-over of the Year of Mercy.  Because the last one...
October 20, 2021
We were made for love, not use.  This first reality of our being, is the...
October 20, 2021
So I've been through three rounds of chemotherapy, I've lost my hair and now we...
October 19, 2021
For the past few years, I've written a baseball poem about watching the playoffs or...
October 14, 2021
This is something I wrote back in 2015...because I know that all life is precious. ...
October 08, 2021
Back when I was five or six, Mom took me for a necessary vaccination.  I...
October 03, 2021
Recently, I read a post on Zombie Marriages, and reminding people not to go through...
October 02, 2021
Most mornings, I make a list.  If it's on the list, there's a 85 percent...

September 2021

September 30, 2021
This was written back on January 4th of 2008. First, a disclaimer: I don't watch...
September 24, 2021
This is something I wrote back in 2015 on Facebook. I was focusing on the...
September 20, 2021
The major consequence of chemo so far has been flatness.  I wish it meant fitness...
September 18, 2021
Most of us feel something of an indictment whenever Saint James is read during the...
September 12, 2021
There's a lot of stress in the world over the mandate to vaccinate. There's legitimate...
September 04, 2021
Today, my youngest came to me feeling only stress. After she told me all her...

August 2021

August 31, 2021
So I wrote this beautiful post, about the trials of writers block and spiritual dryness,...
August 26, 2021
The major consequence of chemo so far, has been flatness. I wish it meant fitness...
August 22, 2021
It’s a running gag that most Catholics don’t sing at mass. That’s a job for...
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