Life

Year’s Recovery

Today’s Facebook reminder popped up with the post that I wrote when my mom had her heart attack last year. We had actually been talking about it over the past few days. So much has happened in the year. We were all very worried for my mom – including the doctors. As I reflect on […]

Meaningful Old School

Today I went to a BBQ with the Fostering Hope program. The event was held at the Catholic school that I attended when I was in first grade. I have driven by it a couple of times but this is the first time I had actually been back on the grounds. As I looked around, […]

Listened to Her Heart

Tonight my mom and I watched a story on the news about a father who lost his 20 year old daughter in a tragic accident. Her organs were donated and were able to save 4 lives. The father started a bike trek across the country to raise awareness of the importance of organ donation. On […]

Baby Birds

I went out for a walk early this morning and when I came back to the front door, a bird flew out of the nest as they always do. I realized it had been a couple of days since I had my selfie stick out to take a peek at the progress of the eggs. […]

Rest or Repose

My son and I spent the morning at the zoo today. It was very warm and most of the animals were lying about in the shade, in their pool, or sunning themselves. Only a few were actually moving about, but we still enjoyed watching them. At lunch, my son told me about the workout schedule […]

More Letters

Today I received a full packet of letters from my far away prayer group. A few months ago, we started by writing a letter about what is going on in our life. That was forwarded to the next person along with those who also wrote. Last month I had 3 letters. This month, there was […]

Finding True Happiness

I decided to expand my reading horizons, continue learning about faith, and include something that would be uplifting. So I started reading a book by Fulton Sheen last night called, “Finding True Happiness”. It didn’t take long before the message touched my heart, beginning with the introduction. The line that was particularly inspiring to me […]

Found His Mother

I got together with a friend of mine and he told me a great story. He was adopted at birth and was always an advocate for adoption vs. abortion. He would talk about it especially with his daughter’s friends and they would realize that if he would not have been born, his daughters would not […]

Welcome Home, Son

When I said good-bye to my children and grandchildren 2 1/2 years ago and moved across the country, I thought that was the last time I would be a close distance to any of them. Ironically, both my sons were born here before we moved and made our home on the east coast. They both […]

So Far, So Good

It was a long day of travel today. I left my house early and took the shuttle to the airport. I think the driver was a stunt car driver in a previous life as we got to the airport in record time. After that experience, I was happy to find a quiet place to sit […]