Healing
Ask the Lord to Cast Out Your Demons
Ah, a new day begins. When I got out of bed this morning, I was ready to start fresh. One of the daily words of wisdom I get in my email simply stated, “Ask the Lord to cast out your demons.” I chuckled a bit as it was so fitting to what was going on. […]
TWLOHA
Today a wonderful young woman I know organized a 5K run for an organization that in her words, “is very important to me.” It is called, “To Write Love On Her Arms”. It started with a story that a young man wrote about his encounter with a young woman who was battling depression, addiction, self-mutilation, […]
A Card
I think that card writing is becoming a lost art. It is so easy to text or send off an email. Many times I say I will get around to it, then by the time I do it seems like an afterthought, so I don’t do it at all. But there is something special about […]
Yahtzee
Two weeks ago today, my mom returned home from having a pacemaker put in. The night before we took her to the doctor for the heart problem, we were playing Yahtzee. My mom was having a hard time during the game keeping track of how many rolls she had and how to keep her score. […]
Pacemaker Checkup
Yesterday my mom wasn’t feeling very well – she felt her heart was beating hard and fast. So we checked her pulse. It was normal, but it was skipping every now and again. This, of course, made her pretty frightened. So, we called the doctor and explained the situation. The nurse talked us off the […]
Road to Recovery
It has been a rough couple of days here for sure. Yesterday my mom was in a lot of pain. Not so much from the incision of the pacemaker implantation, but from the overall trauma to her body. She has a bad back to begin with, so the additional stress caused more pain. The surgery was […]
The Pacemaker
I woke up several times last night thinking about my mom’s upcoming surgery. I was happy when it was finally time to get up. My dad and I got to the hospital bright and early, and they had already taken her to get prepared. The nurse took us to the area and we were glad […]
Remembering Healing
Today the Catholic church celebrates the Feast of Our Lady of Lourdes and a day of prayer for the sick. My parents and I went to Mass and they both received an Anointing of the Sick. In preparation, we watched the movie “Song of Bernadette” which told the story of St. Bernadette. She lived in […]
Still Finding God 