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Today, I celebrate my 35th birthday. There are at least two things I can guarantee about today. First, I will get at least one phone call with singing from distant family. After their serenade, we’ll all laugh, they’ll ask how I am, and we’ll hang up. Second, my daughters are going to enjoy this afternoon. [...]
Entries Tagged as 'life in the present moment'
A Monday Daybook
January 9th, 2012 · No Comments · Books, daybook
Outside my window: The moon was hovering over the western horizon as a big tangerine. My seven-year-old pointed it out to me as we were waiting for the bus. I can’t get the image of it out of my mind. The light outside is still soft and new, but won’t be that way for long. [...]
Tags: daybook·fiction·home life·James Anderson·life in the present moment·Mark Sebanc·reading·Seth Godin
Taking Some Time
December 26th, 2011 · 2 Comments · Inspired by the Virgin Mary, Mary Moment Mondays
A Mary Moment Monday post He bet me, a few weeks ago, that I couldn’t spend a week offline. How did he know that I was considering that very thing? Well…here goes! I’m scheduling this post ahead of time and will be offline all week. All. Week. Long. No blogging. No blog reading. No status updating [...]
Tags: life in the present moment·Mary Moment Monday·Virgin Mary
Mary in the Daily Grind
July 11th, 2011 · 2 Comments · Inspired by the Virgin Mary, Mary Moment Mondays
A Mary Moment Monday post It feels like we’re more than halfway through the summer, but maybe that’s because I had myself a wee bit busy in June and it was gone before I could blink properly. We’re moved into our new house and last week I even hung pictures. I’ve been thinking about decorating, [...]
Tags: family life·Jaymie Stuart Wolfe·life in the present moment·Mary Moment Monday·Quotes·Virgin Mary
Seven for Our Lady
May 13th, 2011 · 1 Comment · Inspired by the Virgin Mary, Quick Takes, writing
image credit -1- It’s the feast of Our Lady of Fatima, and I had grand plans to do a post in honor of her. And then life hit. So you get, instead, this mish-mash post. (Which might be more in keeping with my devotion to Mary, now that I think about it: very much immersed [...]
Tags: CatholicMom.com·life in the present moment·Pat Gohn·Virgin Mary·writing
