Update: With only 19 entrants, (what's up with that, you guys?), it was easy to do a hand-picked winner. I employ cute little reapers, don't you think? And the winner is... What do you know? It was the first brave soul that left a comment! Congratulations, Sheila!! Please send me your addy ASAP and your awesome new book will be on its … [Read more...]
On the Feast of St. Ignatius
Once upon a very long-ago time, I was living on East 48th Street in Manhattan. Midtown, they call it, (I had so much to learn!), and I was living with the writer Kurt Vonnegut and the photographer Jill Krementz as their nanny. I learned a lot about life in New York that fall—about their life, certainly, about being one person among thousands on … [Read more...]
My First 5K! (aka the Bacon Chase)
This post is dedicated to Jennifer H., with love & thanks & lots of bacon. Okay, so technically it wasn't my first 5K. My first 5K was 25 years ago and for that reason, I don't think it should count. This is my first 5K as an old person, okay? Point being, I could have done worse things with this midlife crisis. You never … [Read more...]
I am…
...a dozen different people at any given moment--wife, mother, daughter, sister, optimist, pessimist, foodie, friend. It can be hard to know which hat to clamp on! It can be hard to find the real "me". That said... I've found an approach for the "mom" in me (and goodness knows, I've got a lot of her) that seems to be kinda/sorta working out … [Read more...]
Weigh-In Wednesday is back!
And this is why. You know how today is the Feast of Our Lady of Mount Carmel (one of my favorites, btw) and how, back on July 16, 1251, Mary appeared to St. Simon Stock holding a scapular? Well, it was kind of like of that. I was sitting at my computer desk minding my own business. When, all of a sudden and out of the {Marian} … [Read more...]
Postcards from the Edge of Peace
I say "the edge" because peace is elusive... "Why is God my Lord? Because He is my creator and I am His creature." ....at least in this world, it is... "At death we must leave everything. Let's make the most of our time. Let us not die empty-handed." ...but this retreat... "Let us place ourselves sincerely and honestly … [Read more...]
The Story of a {Tortured} Soul
Why yes, yes I am. Why do you ask? Well, there's that whole "Should I blog or should I stop" thing. It's getting kind of old, you know. I DO know that. I didn't mean for that post to get published! Seriously? Then why did you? I was drunk. Okay, that's scandalous. I know. I plan to confess it as soon as possible. Would it help if I told … [Read more...]
Retreat!
That's meant to be a battle cry. Because...with all the stuff that we got going on? It is a battle, isn't it? We are constantly choosing and rejecting and deciding. Time online should be RELEVANT. Which begs the question... Is it worth it? Is it worth it to keep on blogging? Because you know what? There are THOUSANDS of … [Read more...]
Something Other Than God
That's a wonderful book title, isn't it? A wonderful title, yes, but such a sad, sad thought. Why would we want to choose something other God? And yet we do. We fill our days with things other than Him and, as you probably already know, if the devil can't make us bad he'll make us busy. Go on and ask me how I know this. And so even though … [Read more...]
They love me; they love me not
Or, how that deck of cards was stacked against me Did you have a good Mother's Day? I did...and then I didn't. And then I did...and then I didn't. Mother's Day is such a tough one! It's all about us, allegedly, and so when it's not (all about all us, that is) we tend to pout and/or cry and/or be disappointed. I do, anyway. At least, … [Read more...]
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