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February 2022

February 09, 2022
So I love watching the Olympics.  Summer, Winter, it doesn't matter, I love the epic...
February 07, 2022
We've all heard the Gospel so many times, we no longer hear what it says,...
February 05, 2022
When I write my blog, it isn't a promise that everything will be precise, but...
February 02, 2022
Given the way playoffs have finished the past few weeks, it might be more profitable...

January 2022

January 31, 2022
Honestly, we're not done with this pandemic.  We're not done and we're so tired and...
January 27, 2022
I am an older parent.  People mistake me for a grandmother with my youngest, and...
January 24, 2022
This weekend served as a palate cleanser...dull, ordinary, uneventful and mercifully, covid free and not...
January 19, 2022
We have heat!  I don't have Covid!  Everybody Mambo! Everybody Mambo GIFfrom Everybody GIFs I...
January 17, 2022
This past week, five of the six of us finally tested negative for Covid. I'm...
January 16, 2022
Not Quite Eventful My daughter flew back from Chicago for New Years day. She arrived...
January 09, 2022
Today, we are watching the Lord of the Rings or will be.  The Hobbit (the...
January 08, 2022
Think about organizing the closet.  Think about reading.  Think about writing.  Clear out summer clothes...
January 06, 2022
Runners run,  chefs cook, writers write.  I've been off my writer's game since before Christmas. ...

December 2021

December 29, 2021
Cancer like any suffering, offers the opportunity to go "deeper and deeper in."  For me,...
December 16, 2021
 Advent reminds us, the reality of life is not death, not pain, not trauma...
December 15, 2021
It's December 15th, I'm Flunking Advent and Christmas and Let's Add New Year's While We're...
December 10, 2021
When we clean for the holidays, we suddenly discover all the ways in which we've...
December 09, 2021
So yesterday, we celebrated the Feast of the Immaculate Conception.  In light of a mid...
December 06, 2021
The second week of Advent is when my sixth child received his name.  We'd gone...

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...
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