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My Journey from Death to Life
In His hand is the life of every creature and the breath of all mankind. Job 12:10 This isn’t an...
Read MoreStay Home, Waste Lives
Fear and anxiety have walked beside me basically my entire life. Friends they are not, however during the covid fiasco...
Read More9 Tips to Combat Impatience
Do you ever get impatient? We all do. I hate the thought of things taking time and the process of...
Read MoreLost and Found
Don’t you hate losing things? I feel like I spend one third of my life looking for things I’ve misplaced...
Read More14 Ways to Fight the Battle
When I received the Sacrament of Confirmation in the Catholic Church in 6th grade, the nuns endlessly drilled into our...
Read MoreAre You Using Your Potential?
Some claim it’s a myth we only use ten percent of our potential. I don’t know how this can be...
Read MoreMarred – Like My Kitchen Table, Nothing is Perfect and that’s Okay
This describes my kitchen table. It has been marred over the years and looks quite beat up with scrapes and...
Read MoreIf Not Now, When?
As a mother and wife, I have heard the words, “Not now” or “I’ll do it later” far too often....
Read MoreGod Will Make a Way – 7 Scriptures
There are times in life where we just don’t know what to do or which direction to take. To quote...
Read MoreJust an Ordinary Day
1-16-2023 It’s Ordinary Time. If you are Catholic, you know what that means. The Christmas season is officially over, (sigh...
Read MoreNothing Else
I just want to lay at Your feet and absorb Your love, O Lord for I am weary of this...
Read MoreQuit Grumbling and Complaining?
I know I should be thankful I have enough food to eat, but four days after Christmas I was still...
Read MoreMagnet of God
Have you ever experienced the “magnet of God”? What is that, you might wonder? One day I hadn’t planned to...
Read MoreDoes Prayer Change Things?
Have you ever prayed for something for years? Were your prayers answered? Were they answered the way you hoped? There...
Read MoreLive to Seek God
Remember bookmarkers? Back in the day when Hallmark shops had a carousel with tasseled words of wisdom? As a child,...
Read MoreTake No Offense
I wonder what happened to the common phrase I heard throughout my childhood, “Sticks and stones may break my bones,...
Read MoreThe Power of Laundry
I bought a sign for my laundry area at the dollar store recently that reads, “Laundry, sorting out life one...
Read MoreFalse gods….at Target?
Like many people, I was a Target fan. I lived for the clearance pile. My heart would pound with excitement...
Read MoreMind of God
I am always trying to comprehend the ways of God, but it’s just not possible with my finite mind. The...
Read MoreCatholic Clutter
Catholicism is a fascinating thing. Often I am really stumped by it. There is so much doctrine, ritual, legalism, rote...
Read MoreMindful Pancakes
On a recent trip out of town we had three great choices of where to go out for breakfast. We...
Read MoreTime to Laugh or Cry?
I’m not a Jolly Jane when I wake up in the morning. All my problems and worries immediately come flooding...
Read More60 Jars of Pickles – An Alzheimer’s Tribute
One of the saddest, most heart-wrenching experiences I have had was watching my grandmother, and then my mother, descend into...
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