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“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...]
(See? I told you it was pretty.)(But then again, I'm the mom.) … [Read more...]
The Christmas Concert Edition{Pretty}We went to a Christmas concert at my son's school last night.The music was very pretty, but since my husband has yet to show me how to upload the video from his camera, you'll just have to take my word for that. (Never mind, he showed me how.)Did you spot my son in the above picture?Here. I'll provide a little … [Read more...]
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...]
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...]
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...]
...pray for an end to abortion.Also, if you live in the area, try to attend the final prayer rally at the St. Paul mega-abortuary, otherwise known as the new Planned Parenthood building.Here is a link to the flyer with more information: Prolife Prayer RallyHope to see you there!St. Nicholas, pray for us. Pray for the unborn. … [Read more...]
Alternately Titled: A Change of HeartThis is the view from my couch this morning, the spot where I sat when I finally caved. I can't do this. I can't not talk to you for another long three weeks.I'm sorry. I'm fickle. I'm sad. I'm lonely.Note: I'm not as sad as I was when I decided--rashly, without the advice of my priest or my husband--not to blog … [Read more...]
I am going to go dark for Advent. I have a feeling you were expecting this! ☺The funeral notice for my sons’ classmate arrived in my inbox this afternoon. Johnny was the youngest of six children—his mother’s baby—and suddenly, I don’t know, I am feeling a strong inner prompting to stop talking so much.(The idea being that perhaps by not talking I … [Read more...]
Ed. Note: This in an ongoing series about one 40-something woman trying to eat more healthfully and exercise more often. It is not about the numbers on the scale, though they can be indicative of a growing problem. Ha. Get it? That was a little joke. More than anything, I do not want you to feel diminished by the numbers on my scale. It may not … [Read more...]
