I’ve been nominated for a blog award over at The Crescat, the “Best Underappreciated Catholic Blog Award.” It’s an honor to be…. Ahh…who am I kidding? I want to win this thing! I’m in the second group. (There would seem to be a lot of underappreciated Catholic bloggers.) You get one vote a day, and unfortunately I;m up against Mulier Fortis again this year. That’s the blog that beat me by 2 votes last year. Let’s not let that happen... Read more

Have you been watching the media brouhaha about Arlen Specter’s switching parties? I watched his news conference explaining his reasoning the other day and the one thing that struck me was his honesty. How often do we get to see true honesty in a politician? Sen Specter stood behind the podium and, in front of God and the media, said he was switching front right to left because he had looked at the poll numbers in his state and realized... Read more

My husband is suffering from Tim Allen Syndrome, the poor thing, and I think many others are suffering as well. It’s worse than the Swine Flu and a tad bit more annoying. Although if they keep talking nothing but swine flu non-stop on my television then TAS will be quickly moved down the list. I have been aware of his symptoms for a while now as he exhibited the classic “bigger is better” mentality of most married men in their... Read more

All around Oklahoma City are these dumb billboards about things that were invented in our great state. I’m not sure what the purpose of them is since they are paid for by the Department of Tourism, and I hate to point out the obvious, but we’re already here. See that? I could have saved the state thousands of dollars if only they’d asked. Why don’t they ask me? Those dumb billboards paid off for my daughter today when she called... Read more

We decided to name our sweet #6 after the Computer Guy’s grandfather. It’s a sweetly old-fashioned name that, truthfully, sounds better suited to a retirement community than a playground. It also sounds weirdly out of place when we rattle off our children’s names. It falls like a stone at the end of the sentence. Thud. We love it anyway. Just imagining a small child with such an old man name is such an odd juxtaposition that the thought of it... Read more

From the moment I first learned of you, you were my special gift from my Heavenly Father. Just by being, you helped to soothe the aches in my heart and assure me that life carries on even when it takes unexpected turns. Your being taught me again to trust and know that good comes from tragedy and that that good can be better than you ever imagined it to be. Your being taught a group of teenagers about the humanity... Read more

We went to the Tea Party yesterday at the State Capitol, myself and all the children. The media was predicting a crowd of around 1500, but they were off by almost 4000. I suppose that they simply underestimated the anger of the common man who is tired of seeing his paycheck be squandered by people who are not having to trade their own lives for the money they spend. The people we saw yesterday were tired of being used as... Read more

http://d.yimg.com/static.video.yahoo.com/yep/YV_YEP.swf?ver=2.2.40Susan Boyle Sings on Britain's Got Talent 2009 Episode 1 @ Yahoo! Video Read more

We spent today at the funeral of my husband’s great-uncle, Harold. Normally, I am not a fan of funerals especially of distant relations. I just feel like an intruder and a spectator to someone else’s grief, but not today. Today I watched the signs of a life lived in love and service of family and humanity. A man who was loved not only by his widow, 5 children, 30 grandchildren, and 18 great-grandchildren (with a great-great due soon). He was... Read more

Complete perfectionBloodied, wounded, and stumblingLurching towards death Dislocated armsWrists and feet spread wide by nailsGasping for each breath Thirst, utter fatigueCrowned, beaten, scorned, ridiculedSacrificial One parched lips, rasping breath“Why have You abandoned Me?”Then “It is finished.” Read more