Or: On Being Intentional About What We Watch Yesterday I woke up feeling fretful—about my kids, about their safety...and so I did something that almost always helps: I drank a fifth of vodka and went back to bed. (Totally kidding! In truth, I’m currently taking a break from booze.) What I did do was go to daily Mass, and while there I … [Read more...]
On Finding and Facing the Lies in our Life
In other words: This isn't the post I was planning to write. I have all sorts of resources that I want to share, most of which I discussed in yesterday's post, but then YESTERDAY unfolded and my focus shifted. I didn't expect the day to wear me out as it did, and I certainly didn't expect to nearly hit a woman and her children with our … [Read more...]
A Quick Cute Kid Story and a Very Special Prayer Request
I mentioned that my friend Sarah was in town over my birthday. She brought with her (all the way from Alaska, no less), her husband Brian; her daughter Helen, her son Allister, her son Ian, her son Oliver, her daughter Zita, and her baby Emory. It was a houseful, and it was good. The food! The fun! The chaos! The laughter! We hadn't seen … [Read more...]
More about the Holy Souls
It is therefore a holy and wholesome thought to pray for the dead, that they may be loosed from sins.” (2 Maccabees 12:46) Photo credit: My sweet and talented friend, Annie Norton Look, Mom dear reader! Three posts in three days! (Only 27 more to go.) (Let me just say that a definite shift in habit's going to be required.) So … [Read more...]
Friends in Low Places
Three Reasons to LOVE the Holy Souls in Purgatory Today we celebrate the Feast of All Souls, and I apologize if referring to them as my "friends in low places" leaves a Garth Brooks song stuck in your head all day. Hey, there are worse things, right? Especially if you pray for the Holy Souls when you sing it. Except... The Holy Souls … [Read more...]
