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That’s so depressing!

by Filed Under: Depression, Just Me, Minnesota Me, Spiritual Growth 15 Comments

So I felt a little guilty about my post yesterday. It did, after all, have a fair share of grit, and is it good to be gritty on Gaudete Sunday?I didn’t know.I closed the comments on the post, as is my way (usually) when what I write is rather sad and pathetic. I didn’t want to seem all fishing-for-comments-y, nor did I want to spend my Sunday … [Read more...]

Gaudete Joy

by Filed Under: Depression, Living Liturgically, Minnesota Me, Spiritual Growth Leave a Comment

“But when your days are happy PINK, it’s great to jump and just not think.”--from My Many Colored Days by Dr. SeussYou may not be feeling the joy, I know.Your day may be dark and your heart, heavy. Your mind might be cluttered by a thousand obligations; your perspective skewed; your home, a mess.Look for the pink.Look for the pink wherever you … [Read more...]

“I am the Immaculate Conception.”

by Filed Under: Living Liturgically, Marriage, Minnesota Me, Spiritual Growth 8 Comments

I am posting something on this beautiful & holy feast for two reasons: one, it is a beautiful & holy feast and two, I wanted to bump down that photo of my feet a bit.Who blogs about dieting right before Christmas, for goodness sake? I do, apparently. Cheer up, though! Next week I’m not going to blog about diets. Next week I’m going to blog … [Read more...]

Weigh-In Wednesday

by Filed Under: Health & Wellness, Minnesota Me, Weigh-In Wednesday 16 Comments

You know that song by James Brown?Well, I feel better--much better, and that is making a very big difference in my world.It is not about the weight so much.It is about saying no to the endless gnoshing--about not being full when I sit down to supper and about strengthening that resistance muscle. (The idea for a “resistance muscle” came to me from … [Read more...]

A Seasonal Admission

by Filed Under: Letting Go, Minnesota Me 11 Comments

Sometimes Advent wears me out.I love this season—I truly do—but given my perfectionist tendencies, I find myself trying way too hard to drain the dregs of every feast day and squeeze every symbol like a sponge.I realized this last night when “St. Nicholas” decided that perhaps the ornaments he’d brought for the children—made with love by those cute … [Read more...]