I’ve been studying the Blessed Mother quite a bit in the last few years. I feel that I have a good relationship with her but I also feel like I need to know more, you know what others think of her. Even though I feel as though I know her well I don’t feel that … [Read more…]
My mother is an identical twin born on Christmas Day. Because of that my grandmother named her Carilynn for Christmas carols. She named her twin Marilynn for the Blessed Mother Mary. She also spelled their names differently from the norm. Mom always told me that was because they were so special. They also had red … [Read more…]
For as long as I can remember I wanted to be a mother. Every year for my birthday or Christmas I would get a baby doll as a present. I had diapers and bottles and cribs and everything a little girl would need to be a mommy. I never knew that was to be my … [Read more…]
I recently was listening to a The Moth Podcast and one of the storytellers was talking about her yellow dress. It sparked a memory of my yellow dresses so thought I would tell you my story. When I was in my late twenties, after I had my oldest son, after my mother died, I took … [Read more…]
In the Old Testament she is referred to as Lady Wisdom. In the New Testament she is known as Sophia (which is wisdom in Greek). In Proverbs “. . . I was beside him as his craftsman, and I was his delight day by day, playing before him all the while, playing on the surface … [Read more…]
Fr. Darrell tells me that sometimes he feels like he’s in the movie, Groundhog Day, because he does pretty much the same thing every day. I know what he means. I get up, take a shower, argue with my hair, decide if I’m going to wear make-up or not, argue with the clothes in my … [Read more…]
You know that part of Mass, at the very beginning when we ask God to forgive our sins – those we have done and those we have failed to do? I got to thinking about the Feast of the Epiphany and how it is a time to give gifts and I got to thinking about … [Read more…]
I have wanted to use that line for years. I always forget. I don’t remember the story it comes from but I do remember it has been very special to me. Christmas is my favorite holiday. I think that is true because of the traditions of Christmas. Each family has traditions. And through the years … [Read more…]
Tomorrow is the Feast of St.Nicholas. According to Wikipedia the feast day is celebrated as a Christian festival with particular regard to his reputation as a bringer of gifts. I think that it is more of a German thing than anything. My mother’s family was German so I think that lots of the things we … [Read more…]
I don’t think about the afterlife much. I can’t wait to get there but I don’t worry about it. It will be what it will be. But I really and truthfully hope for all of eternity I will be able to be with the people i love. That would be heaven. When I graduated from … [Read more…]