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Reflections of Family and Faith
"The family that prays together stays together." - Venerable Patrick Peyton
It was mid-morning and the sun had finally dissolved the fog from the cool, damp night. I saw that some of the leaves still glistened with dampness. Making the bed I pulled the white and periwinkle quilt up and over the pillows and glanced out the upstairs window. The blue Rose-of-Sharon grows just below. Moving about the blossoms was a Ruby-throated Hummingbird.
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“Mary was a widow. Why doesn’t anyone ever talk about that?” asked a church friend of mine, twice widowed herself.
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My husband and I have lived on our gentleman’s farm in Maine for two decades. My roots were in a Boston suburb; thus I had much to learn about country living.
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In Genesis, we read the story of Jacob, who leaves home after some family trouble. He travels a distance and then stops to rest.
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I don’t know if it’s due to my personality or my role as a mom, but it’s easy for me to become preoccupied with everything that I need to do.
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An organized life is a beautiful life: a ripple-effect for the common good. Every now and then we have those days, or weeks, where everything feels like it’s spinning out of control. There are just too many things to check off the list, too many appointments in one week and of course, this is all equaling to extreme stress and tension. So how can we overcome and rise above the stress of this fast-paced uncontrollable phase?
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