And coconut shrimp. I love the color green and giant sea turtles.I love the sound of waves crashing and a smiling face;I love a generous heart And I love newness.That’s where my thoughts are this morning. … [Read more...]
You. Are. Awesome.
Quite literally, you have made my morning!And I have to apologize for starting a conversation and then ditching it. I was away for all of Sunday* and am only now returning to this blog. (That is a story in itself. You will have to wait a week for it.)I will admit, I approached my computer with fear and trepidation. What if no one left a comment … [Read more...]
A New Lenten Look
...and I owe it all to Laura.Love & prayers are being flung your way!You are the kindest and the sweetest and the smartest and way cool.PS. And you're very patient, too. … [Read more...]
Happy Birthday, Mon Amie!
You're like, what? 23 years old today?*I would like to introduce you to my dear friend, Sarah Jane. She’s a peach and you’d just love her.~ Mon amie et Moi ~ 30 December, 1994(I met my husband that same night.)Sarah and I met as college students on our way up to French camp, where we were both working as counselors. She was a happy Catholic—so was … [Read more...]
Even Better than Coffee & Chocolate
....is what I found waiting for me on the computer this morning. … [Read more...]
Three Times the Thank You
First, thank you to everyone who participated in today’s Loveliness Fair.Second, thank you to everyone who visited and who left such gracious comments upon departing!And finally, thank you very much to the person who nominated me for one of these.I’m happy.I’m honored.I’m pooped.Good night. … [Read more...]
Happy Anniversary, Mom & Dad!
If you have an extra moment today, will you please say a prayer for my parents? They have been married 60 sweet years today!They are 6 kids, 21 grandkids, and 14 great-grandkids richer since the day they met.And we are all the more richer for having been sent to them.I have written about my dear mom and dad before.They are sweet and cute and loving … [Read more...]
For Kristen
When to the session of sweet silent thoughtI summon up remembrance of things past,I sigh the lack of many a thing I sought,And with old woes new wail my dear time's waste:Then can I drown an eye, unused to flow,For precious friends hid in death's dateless night,And weep afresh love's long since cancelled woe,And moan the expense of many a vanish'd … [Read more...]
With heartfelt thanks…to Alice & Diane & YOU
I am going to shock your socks off in announcing:Alice has done it again.Something so unexpectedly delightful, even for Alice.Something beautiful,And caring,And bring-a-sad-miscarrying-mommy-to-tears-all-over-again thoughtful.This rosary, made by this lovely lady, arrived in the mail yesterday.It's so very pretty! My husband fingered it gently and … [Read more...]
You just KNEW these were coming…
Scenes from our Minnesotan Winter Wonderland!Finally!!!These were taken with our camcorder and are not HDTV-type images, but you get the idea. The first shot is of our intrepid 7-year-old: such a good helper for such cheap labor.The second image needs no explanation, other than this is the view out my kitchen window. Now you know what I see when … [Read more...]
