Showing posts with label reflections. Show all posts
Showing posts with label reflections. Show all posts
Saturday, October 12, 2019

When We Stop

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This past month, my writing's taken it on the chin.  This past month, I spent getting used to teaching.  There are only so many hours, s...
Tuesday, August 7, 2018

Sometimes We All Need Reminders

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Woke up in the middle of the night feeling like I'd somehow flunked a quiz.  Writing/publishing's been slow. Weight's remained s...
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Tuesday, July 12, 2016

Horseradish Sauce

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This weekend, I traveled to Buffalo to witness my Godson's wedding.  I ate well.  It was an odd experience, being sans children.  You wo...
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Tuesday, February 12, 2013

Reflections on the Retiring of Pope Benedict XVIth

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Yesterday, I was sad.  I felt thrown back to sophomore year in high school. I'd heard endlessly about how great the English class was ju...
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Tuesday, July 24, 2012

Poster Children for NFP*

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(Originally Run on  7/26/09...in honor of NFP week). Showing up for mass on time and worried that I didn't look at the schedule to see...
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Sunday, August 14, 2011

Embracing an Advanced Degree in Motherhood

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Back when I first started staying home as a mom, I had great ambitions and most of them, amounted to silliness and ego.  I was going to read...
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Friday, April 9, 2010

What Do I Do Now?

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Here I am, my children all safely tucked away in beds 2,100 miles away from me.  My husband took them to visit his folks while I flew to Tex...
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Sunday, November 16, 2008

Hospitably Yours

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I have to tell you, right now, watching my kid breathe in and out, watching his numbers dip and rise in some cases more impressively than th...
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Sunday, October 5, 2008

What I Should Have Said

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Homilies are a time for the parish to connect with the Pastoral leader. On a college campus, the priest presiding over a mass has the once ...
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Sunday, January 13, 2008

The Twelve Days of Adkins

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Reflections on My ongoing Adkins Experience. A Dieter's Diary and attempt to twist reality to fit a theme...more or less. Day 1 On the ...