Friends
Preparing the Turkey
I went to the Newman Center today and enjoyed visiting with the young adults. I love to hear their outlook on life in their current state of being. Some have a deep faith, others are searching. Today I was especially enthralled watching one of the young men preparing the turkey for tomorrow’s Friendsgiving dinner. He […]
Playing with Poodle Pups
A friend of mine breeds poodles. The last litter there were only 2 puppies, but I had fun playing with them. She has a new litter now with 9 puppies. They are 7 weeks old. I got to go for a visit today. Raising 9 puppies took up the whole main floor of her house. […]
Mother Cabrini Shrine
Today I visited the Mother Cabrini Shrine with some ladies from the church social group that I joined. It was about an hour and a half drive from the city we live in, so I got to know the ladies a little bit more. One of them shares a birthday with me. Not only that, […]
Stories and Gratitude
Today I visited a friend and her mother who is 90 years old. I told them about my trip and showed them pictures. I’m not sure how much the elderly woman was able to see, so I explained what was in the photos. She explained to me that her eyesight is getting worse and her […]
Lots of Laughter
Yesterday was a gorgeous day, and I was happy to go for a long walk with one of my neighbors. Later that night, I went over to visit with her and her husband and tell them about my trip. I showed them photos of the sites and my people, and they shared their pictures of […]
Remembering Loved Ones
After celebrating All Hallow’s Eve followed by All Saints Day, today I went to Mass celebrating All Souls Day. The entrance of the church has a very large Baptismal font. When adults are Baptized there, they can actually walk in and out of the pool. Today, the font was adorned with probably 100 lit candles. […]
Compassionate Friend
A friend of mine works for a home rental company inspecting their properties to make sure they are being well maintained. He told me a story today about one of the homes he visited. The resident was there and had recently been through a surgery. While my friend was going about his business and chatting […]
Friends in Line
Today I stopped by the card store to find some entertaining cards and was surprised to see so many people there. As I was perusing the humorous cards, I noticed there were shopping bags lining the walls. They seemed to have sales orders in them and were in alphabetical order. There was Christmas music playing […]
Vintage
I spent a lovely afternoon with a friend today. The weather was perfect – not too hot, or too sunny, or too windy, or too cool. We went to an eclectic city not too far from us where there is always interesting things to see. Since it was beautiful, we sat outside and enjoyed a […]
Faith or Fear
A friend of mine shared a quote that I thought was very profound, “Faith and fear both ask you to believe in something you can’t see. The one you choose writes your future”. I don’t know exactly who wrote or said the statement, but I find it to be absolutely true. I have personally been […]
Still Finding God 