Grateful
Good Diagnosis
A neighbor stopped by this morning and we chatted a bit. She told me she had to take her husband to the ER yesterday. He was awaiting some tests this morning and she was heading over to the hospital. She asked for prayers, which I did. Later in the day I heard back from her. […]
Humbled by Sacrifice
Today I spent some time with a friend from my prayer group who I have known for several years. She sat in her favorite recliner, put on YouTube, and found a video of the Divine Mercy. We followed the video and prayed along. Every now and then during the 15 minute prayer, she was silent […]
Faithful Priest
A friend of mine reminded me that 30 years ago, our mutual friend was ordained a Deacon. The celebration was in Rome, as that is where he was in seminary. She shared some pictures of the ordination and of our friend with his family with a huge smile on his face. There was also a […]
Shared Faith Stories
I went to my most un-favorite places to go this morning – the dentist. It was just for a cleaning, but still. I chatted with the hygienist a bit before we started. She asked if I was doing anything special for the rest of the day. I told her I would be volunteering at the […]
All Coming Together
A couple weeks ago, my sister and I talked about her moving in. I was pretty excited as I don’t really like being by myself. We always shared a bedroom when we were growing up and have shared a living space a couple times since then. I feel like we know each other pretty well […]
Sharing the Load
My sister and I are together this weekend. She got the Hallow app not too long ago and we have been sharing podcasts that we enjoy with each other. This morning we listened to the daily reflection together. Then we played the trivia game, which we weren’t great at. We played the categories game and […]
Eating Well
As I have been helping out my friends, I had been doing some cooking for them and putting containers of food in their freezer. I realized that they weren’t really eating very well and tried to find ways to help with that. After the husband’s hospitalization, they have connected to a caregiving company and have […]
Grateful for Hands
Just a couple weeks ago I was really struggling with my right hand. It was swollen and painful and I couldn’t use it very much. I tried to be gentle with it as it slowly got better. There will always be residual swelling, pain, and limited capability due to the juvenile rheumatoid arthritis. But, after […]
Blessings of the Present
This morning I got into my Hallow app and saw that a new 21 days of prayer was starting. I put on the first podcast and to my surprise, it was Deion Sanders speaking. He talked about his spiritual conversion. Even though he was an athletic superstar, he had inner turmoil that just wouldn’t cease […]
Discharged
This morning I got a phone call from my friend who went into the hospital on Monday. After having surgery on an infected knee and spending several days in the hospital, he said he had been discharged and was home. His sister in law was with him and his wife. I talked to her for […]
