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A Mary Moment Monday post Did Mary yell at Jesus? I ask myself that question a lot sometimes. Like the day I started the draft of this post. I was trying to remain patient. I was doing my best to keep my voice calm. I failed. I failed big. If ever you think I am [...]
Entries Tagged as 'Mary Moment Monday'
Did Mary yell at Jesus?
January 30th, 2012 · 3 Comments · Inspired by Mary, Motherhood, reflection
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Married Mary
January 23rd, 2012 · 2 Comments · Faith, Inspired by Mary
A Mary Moment Monday post Today’s the feast of the espousal of Mary, which means we celebrate the fact that she was married. (More about the espousal of Mary here.) It’s easy to forget that Mary was a married woman. It’s also easy to imagine that marriage, for Mary and Joseph, was something easy. Mary [...]
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Mary in the Mountains
January 16th, 2012 · 2 Comments · Faith, Inspired by Mary
A Mary Moment Monday post We were driving from the airport in Albuquerque, New Mexico, up through the mountains to Los Alamos. My husband (who was then just a really committed boyfriend) looked at me and said, a bit shocked, “You never told me it was beautiful.” To an Ohio girl (or guy, for that [...]
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Taking Some Time
December 26th, 2011 · 2 Comments · Inspired by Mary
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 [...]
Light a Candle
December 19th, 2011 · 1 Comment · Inspired by Mary
A Mary Moment Monday post I can’t pretend that I’ve been really easy to be around lately. I’m pretty impressed that my husband still smiles at me, my mother-in-law will still speak with me, and that my children still seem okay with my presence. Then again, all of that assumes that they are as grinchy and [...]
