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…]
“It is written, one does not live by bread alone, but by every word that comes from the mouth of God.” Matthew The one thing I love about the Lenten season is to ponder Jesus’ life in the desert. I truly believe that he had an other-worldly experience there and I also believe that we … [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…]
My husband’s cousin died last weekend. He was a bit older but I used to love listening to them talk. They talked mostly about sausage and country hams. They would reminisce about the way their fathers used to do it and compare Jimmy’s smoked sausage and country hams to what they had when they were … [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…]