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My Safe Haven
Several weeks ago, I had some problems in my bedroom and moved everything out, including myself. I will spare you the details, but know it was a very unpleasant experience. It was particularly disturbing because I have always felt that my room is my one safe haven. Today I decided that things seemed to be […]
New Job Week One
I was very happy today was Friday. It’s been an exhausting week as I started a new job for a CPA doing tax preparation. I have been learning computer systems and processes for organizing and filing paperwork. People are all different, and so is their tax situation. So while the goal of the job is […]
New Child of God
Many months ago, my prayer group “adopted” a young couple who were expecting their first baby when we met. They both had no family living here, so we made ourselves available to them. We were glad we met as shortly after the baby was born, he spent time in the NICU on oxygen. We provided […]
Beautiful Prayer
Today a friend shared a prayer from yesterday’s prayer group that I missed. I loved it. “Dear Father, you, our Lord and God, are so amazing and you bring us so many gifts. I ask for the gift of the Holy Spirit in our lives so we may have the strength and courage to be […]
New Job
Several weeks ago, a friend told me about a potentially available job. Her friend had been working seasonly for a tax preparer as the office person and was no longer going to be doing the work. They were looking for a replacement. When my friend told me about it, I checked into it right away. […]
Monopoly and Meekness
Today’s Gospel at Mass, was the Beatitudes from the book of Mark. The priest started his homily by asking if people liked having game nights. He went on to describe how he loved to play Monopoly. Some games went on for hours. I thought about when I used to celebrate Thanksgiving with my son’s in-laws. […]
Catching Up
My neighbor and I visited for quite a while today as we sat outside and soaked up some sunshine. It had been too long since we talked. She and her family went on a vacation last month for their wedding anniversary. Her husband has a difficult time getting around and she said it was a […]
Honoring and Remembering
It is difficult to believe that my dad died 4 years ago today. For the past few weeks I have been thinking about him a lot and dreaming about him. Most of my dreams continue the saga of how I was unable to care for him during the last several months of his life and […]
Big News
Today my son and his wife had a very special doctor’s appointment. When it was finished, they shared the big news that they are expecting a baby at the end of August! They both wanted to start a family soon after their wedding and that is exactly what happened. They shared the ultrasound of the […]
A Little Church History
This evening I had dinner with 2 friends. One was a priest. The 2 of them talked a lot about church history such as King Henry VIII who broke away from the Catholic Church because he wanted to get a divorce and started the Church of England. They talked about church treasures such as St. […]
Still Finding God 