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A Quiltie Give-Away & Mercy Covers Fundraiser

by Filed Under: Friends of the Heart, Give-Aways, Minnesota Me 2 Comments

May I have your attention please? I would like to interrupt all this waiting-for-baby to ask a favor—a special favor. Won’t you please stop by Charlotte’s @ Waltzing Matilda for a chance to win one of these beautiful quilties? This is the one that she made for my baby-boy-on-the-way. It is already much loved by all & sundry. Even … [Read more...]

The “Real” Cake and the Rest of the Story

by Filed Under: Friends of the Heart, Honest Blogging, Minnesota Me, Special Events, Spiritual Growth 15 Comments

A.K.A. My Fallen, Flawed, Predictable Me The “real” cake, of course, was absolutely gorgeous. “It had to be,” NiNi’s godmother teased me, “You bragged up my cakes in that birthday post!” (Okay, so she didn’t say exactly that…though there was some ribbing about having set the bar so high.) (When I thought about it, I realized she was … [Read more...]

A Novena of Holy Communions: The Winners!

by Filed Under: Friends of the Heart, Give-Aways, Minnesota Me, Spiritual Growth 2 Comments

I loved reading the comments on Thursday’s giveaway about spiritual communions and how/why you make them. So beautiful! Thank you for sharing!And now, without further adieu, (that is to say, without any more adieu than you’ve already had to sit through), here are the winners of Father Lawrence Lovasik’s A Novena of Holy Communions:Lovey … [Read more...]

Prayers, Please

by Filed Under: Friends of the Heart, Minnesota Me, Prayer 5 Comments

Updated to Add: Kim is home but still needs prayers! Here is a link to her post: life - interrupted. Would you take a minute—or two…or three—to pray for my friend Kim today?Photo from Starry Sky Ranch PhotographyKim is a faraway friend of the internet sort. She is a beautiful, loving wife and mother whose amazing photography always encourages and … [Read more...]

In (the extremely rare) case you haven’t heard…

by Filed Under: Friends of the Heart, Gratitude, Minnesota Me, New Baby 4 Comments

Charlotte and Co. have been blessed from above! We are thrilled that they named their baby after one of our little girls, (hee), and since she’s directing you here for help with pronunciation… I’m thinking it’s A’-me, (pronounced uh-me), as in French for "loved?" LOVE the name, Charlotte! And so does our Felicity! : ) … [Read more...]

Food for Thought…and a Thank You

by Filed Under: Friends of the Heart, Gratitude, Just Me, Minnesota Me, The Faith 7 Comments

“Let us not grow tired of doing good, for in due time we shall reap our harvest.” Galatians 6:9 Ann left a comment on yesterday’s post via Facebook, saying, in part, that blogging my way through [some of the painful stuff] allows me to call on the Church Militant and my friends to give my soul the support it needs. Isn’t that beautiful? Ann is … [Read more...]