Life
More Cousins
Today I got to spend time with more cousins. We went to a local restaurant and I was proud of myself for trying some foods that I never had before. And it was delicious. We also went to a local town fair that was small but fun. Their son met us there with his girlfriend […]
Back Again
Today I spent time with one of my second cousins and family who I reconnected with last year. He spent quite a bit of time with my dad working on the cabin back in the day. We swapped more stories of the place and people who he met up there. When we were together last […]
Cousin Connection
When my dad was 18 years old, he entered a beautiful silhouette black and white photo of his sister into a photo competition. It won an “Honorable Mention”. The framed photo along with the ribbon has been traveling with our family ever since. It was also displayed at different photo competitions and exhibits as shown […]
Saying Goodbye
I went to Mass this morning in the town where my family moved. It was a cute little modern church that is bilingual. I went to the English Mass. Afterwards, there were tables full of packaged baked goods and everyone was taking one, so, I took a box of donuts. After checking out of my […]
The Serenity Prayer
Recently, a friend’s mother passed away and I have been praying with her prayer card. It has the serenity prayer on it. Many people know the first part by memory: “God grant me the serenity To accept the things I cannot change; Courage to change the things I can; And wisdom to know the difference.” […]
Excited and Sad
My older son drove one of the family cars across the country to their new house that they will be moving in to. He will be flying back here tomorrow and we’ll all leave on Tuesday. His wife doesn’t drive his truck, so today I took her and the 2 kids to my other son’s […]
Daughters
As the time for my son and his family’s move gets closer, we are spending good time together. This morning both of my daughters in law came over to my house. I have taken to just call them my daughters. We blessed ourselves with Lourdes holy water and prayed for safe travels, a good move, […]
Talk or Listen
Today I met with my group from church and we read the scripture from the Acts of the Apostles chapter 2 – Pentecost. We talked about what it must have been like for the Apostles to have so much courage to go out and talk about the “mighty Acts of God” after being so afraid […]
Don’t Panic
When I arrived to help at my friend’s house today, the wife was in her room watching TV. She likes to watch YouTube. I went in and sat with her. She was watching a video about how Yellowstone will be exploding sometime in the near future. Unfortunately, she does get caught in the click bait […]
Pre Mother’s Day
This morning I was thinking about my mother as some photos from last year popped up. They were bittersweet memories. I decided to listen to some music and found a couple of CD’S that my dad recorded of my mom and her friend playing the pianos. I thought it would be a good way to […]
Still Finding God 