Grateful
Gotta Get Glasses
Over thirty years ago, I had surgery done on my eyes to correct my vision. This was even before the laser surgery. I was so happy with the results and have been seeing clearly for years. It was such a blessing. As was expected, I have been wearing reading glasses for a few years now […]
Working Walker
My brother was going to run some errands today and asked if I needed anything. I looked at my list and remembered my mom’s broken walker. One night when she was struggling and up a lot and I was doing my best to help her, she kept unlocking her walker when it needed to be […]
Healing Taking Place
One of the ladies in our prayer group had emergency surgery 2 weeks ago and is currently in a rehabilitation facility. Tonight was our meeting night, so we brought the meeting to her. The facility allowed us to use one of the common rooms. One of the guys even brought his computer so we could […]
Perfect Fall Day
I have been wanting to drive a certain gravel road that I know of through the mountains. It was a gorgeous day today and a friend of mine was able to get away, so off we went. We first took the highway to a mountain town. The Fall colors were stunning after the cool, wet […]
Fall Arrived
The weather today was perfect for ringing in the first day of Fall. It was cool, wet, and cloudy with the sun peeking through towards the end of the day. I was happy to get out my olive green wool jacket to wear to church today where I saw my son and his fiancee. She […]
You Are Here For a Reason
When I worked as a youth minister, I was blessed to meet an amazing woman who was a youth minister for a neighboring parish. We became very good friends and talked about what we might do when we were no longer working with the teens. She is an incredibly faithful, compassionate person and I have […]
The Prayer Drawer
Today I went through my mom’s “prayer drawer” in her nightstand. It’s where she kept all her religious articles and prayer books. I found many treasures. There were prayer cards and Mass programs for friends and family who had died. I found a prayer book over 100 years old that my mom had signed her […]
Bonus Adoration
Although I wasn’t planning on it, I ended up going out and about today. It’s still very strange to me to be able to just go and do whatever at a moments notice. Since I was out, I thought it would be nice to stop at a church for Eucharistic Adoration for a while. But, […]
New Floors
Several months ago, the toilet overflowed in my mom’s bathroom. It was a mess. Even more so as the whole master bathroom area was carpeted. The restoration company came and ripped out a big swath of the carpet, cleaned out the water, sanitized the space, cut a hole out of the ceiling below, and set […]
Blessed Family Friend
Yesterday I went to visit our friend who would come play piano duets with my mom. I don’t think I had seen her since my mom’s funeral, though we talked on the phone a couple times. She asked about going to the cemetery, so we made the trip out there. On the way we stopped […]
