Archive | July 2018
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Faithful Priests
Yesterday in my blog, I told of a friend of mine who is a priest and how he had moved to be closer to his parents. I realized today that there are actually a couple of people who would fit that description. I then also recognized how blessed I am to have had such amazing […]
Loving Tribute
A certain priest and friend has been instrumental in my life and that of my boys. He helped me to discern about moving to help my parents. He traveled a lot and ended up moving to be closer to his parents as well. His mother passed away a few days ago. Today I came across […]
More Enjoyable Porch
The small portable chairs that my parents have kept on their front porch area have been slowly breaking and dwindling. They are also difficult for my mom to get in and out of. Today we decided it was time to get something that worked. I took my mom to the store and found all the […]
Down Under
Today I saw pictures from another friend’s vacation in Australia. Of course the wildlife there was made up of kangaroos, parrots, cockatoos, and koala bears. I get excited if I get to see them in a zoo. I thought about what a beautiful and amazing world we live in with such diverse creatures living in […]
Quality Family Time
A friend came over today and told us all about her recent trip. She was beaming as she talked and showed us the pictures. Her son treated her to a European cruise following the Baltic seacoast with him, his wife, and their daughter. A couple of years ago, her granddaughter was in a horrible accident, […]
Continuing Friendship
A friend and her family was in town and I was glad that they made some time for us to visit. It was even their 24th wedding anniversary, which I learned as we were talking. She has always been a faithful and encouraging person who I could count on when she volunteered in youth ministry. […]
Support and Empathy
I went to an event this afternoon with kids who are in foster care. I met one girl for the first time and we enjoyed cutting up vegetables for the meal we were preparing. We sat down to eat at a table with a couple other kids and adults and started chatting. In a few […]
Reciprocal Encouragement
A friend was away for a few days as his sister passed away. I was happy to see him and talk to him today. His sister was elderly and lived in a complex for just over a year. Her daughter had the idea of holding a memorial service there as she had been away for […]
Grateful for the System
My dad had an appointment with the eye doctor today. Thankfully, everything looks great – there has been no change since his last visit. Since he had no news to share, the doctor told us about his travels to other countries as he learns and speaks about health care. He said that the health care […]
Joy of Old Friendship
We spent today at the cabin. When we arrived yesterday, we noticed that one of the neighbors seemed to be around, so we stopped. He was indeed there and we chatted for a while. Since we are very in and out of the place and others are too, we don’t visit people very much. It […]
Still Finding God 