Beach Days
For the last eighteen years, my children and I have been going to the beach with friends, or alone as a family, once a week during the summer. Last year and this, I have come to realize that beach days provided us with more than just an opportunity to make lasting friendships. When we first…
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God alone Suffices
“Somehow, then, God must contrive to break through those routines of ours and remind us once again, like Israel, that we are ultimately dependent only upon Him, that He has made us and destined us for life with Him through all eternity, that the things of this world and this world itself are not our…
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Accepting God’s Will
“One great means of preserving a constant peace and tranquillity of heart is to receive all things as coming from the hands of God, whatever they may be, and in whatever way they may come.” ~ St. Dorotheus ~
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Allium ‘Globemaster’
Some of my children used to be intrigued by our neighbor’s alliums. When our neighbor moved away, the alliums stopped growing. Last fall, I was thrilled to find allium bulbs at Costco. This spring, I think that the bees are happy to have alliums growing in our garden. I know that my little boys are…
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Early Spring Flowers
Muscari (Steeple Bells) Tulips ‘Foxtrot’ (Mary’s Prayer) Reblooming Lilac ‘Josee’ (Ascension Flower) Clematis ‘Dr. Ruppel’ Clematis Clematis ‘Nelly Moser’ Allium ‘Globemaster’ Lupine (St. Mark’s Plant) Our purple lupine is somehow purple and white. Rose ‘Gertrude Jekyll’ (Mary) Whenever I go outside, my little garden helper is right by my side.
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Embrace Your Crosses
“Kiss frequently the crosses which the Lord sends you, and with all your heart, without regarding of what sort they may be; for the more vile and mean they are, the more they deserve their name. The merit of crosses does not consist in their weight, but in the manner in which they are borne.…
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Something to Ponder
God parcels out trials only according to the strength He gives us.
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2017 Personal Reading
Casti Connubii by Pope Pius XI Catherine of Siena by Sigrid Undset The Catholic Family Handbook Fr. George Kelly The Catholic Family Handbook by Fr. Lovasik The Power of Silence: Against the Dictatorship of Noise by Cardinal Robert Sarah St. Rita of Cascia by Joseph Sicardo
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