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A Mary Moment Monday post Nine days ago, it was Christmas. Nine days ago, it was a whole different year than now, 2010. Nine days ago, I began a special novena to Our Lady of Sorrows. Today is an anniversary our family will hold dear and commemorate for many years to come. It is one [...]
Entries Tagged as 'sorrow'
Remembering
January 3rd, 2011 · No Comments · Faith, family, Inspired by Mary
Tags: dealing with change·death·Faith·family·grief·mary·Mary Moment Monday·prayer·sorrow
Remembering with Prayer
January 2nd, 2011 · 3 Comments · Faith, family
Tomorrow marks one year. I don’t want to dwell on it here, because I feel like it’s not my pain and somehow, by writing about it too much, I somehow act like it is. Don’t get me wrong: I feel pain. We all do. But it’s nothing to what my sister-in-law and his daughters feel. [...]
Appreciating Fall
October 13th, 2010 · 2 Comments · Farm Life, Inspired by Mary
This year, I’m appreciating fall in a new way. I credit my sister-in-law, the one who has moved back to Ohio after seven years away from our version of fall, with this heightened awareness of the beauty around me. I usually notice it, mind you. This is one of my favorite times of the year. [...]
Tags: agriculture·autumn·Catholic·comfort in grief·Faith·farm·Farm Life·grief·harvest·mary·pictures·seasons·sorrow
Mary in Tears
September 13th, 2010 · 2 Comments · Inspired by Mary, writing
Another in the Mary Moment Monday series This week, on September 15, we celebrate one of my favorite feasts of Mary, the feast of Our Lady of Sorrows. She’s a special Mary to me, one who’s close to my heart, who knows my heart, who speaks to my heart. She’s the Mary who holds me [...]
Tags: comfort in grief·Faith & Family Live·grief·mary·sorrow·writing
The Assumption This Year
August 14th, 2010 · 6 Comments · family, Inspired by Mary
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 [...]
Tags: Assumption·Catholic·Faith·family·grief·mary·reflection·sorrow
