If I'm not off hiding somewhere with a good book, chances are I'm chasing a kid or a dog or sleeping, because every mom can use a nap! I found Prince Charming and married him, and now we enjoy the idiosyncrasies of life in an old farmhouse. Oh yeah, and we root for the Buckeyes. Every time.I don’t think I appreciated fear or the concept behind the admonishment to “Be not afraid” until this year. This has been a year of watching a person I love go through a trauma that has shaken our entire family. It’s been a year of wondering how I would react in her shoes, of battling [...]
Entries Tagged as 'grief'
The Assumption This Year
August 14th, 2010 · 6 Comments · Inspired by Mary, family
On Sunday, we celebrate the Feast of the Assumption. It’s a Holy Day of Obligation here in the United States, and one that I’ve always struggled to understand and internalize. I’ve written about it at Faith and Family Live, but it remains something strange to me, something I’m just not used to. It’s hard to [...]
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A Birthday Not Celebrated
June 14th, 2010 · 2 Comments · Inspired by Mary, family
A Mary Moment Monday post (Yes, I realize this is the second Mary Moment Monday post today. But this is for Susie. I wrote it yesterday and asked her permission to publish it. I hadn’t heard from her this morning, so I scrapped it. She just wrote me, and told me she was touched to [...]
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Hard Change
March 1st, 2010 · 3 Comments · Inspired by Mary
An installment of the Mary Moment Monday series. I was going to title this post “Change SUCKS,” because that’s just on my mind today, and has been for a few weeks. Change is fun in many ways, invigorating even. I’ve come to realize, though, that change causes me a lot of stress. Whether it’s a [...]
Finding Mary at the Mardi Gras Parades
February 22nd, 2010 · No Comments · Inspired by Mary
This Mary Moment Monday, I’m sharing my Mary Moment from last week’s Catholic Moments. Call it the easy out. I need it today, so I’m taking it. I have never been a big fan of parades. They’ve always been sort of, well, disappointing. Maybe it’s that I know I can go buy all the candy [...]
