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Reflections of Family and Faith
"The family that prays together stays together." - Venerable Patrick Peyton
As I dropped my older boys off for their first day of school I was trying to grip with the reality that summer was indeed over and a new chapter is beginning. While we moms chatted I kept hearing the same theme reechoed; time goes by so fast, where did the summer go, it seems like summer just started, how are they back to school already. We all gave our last hug and farewell, fighting back the emotions and a few tears hoping no one would notice. Of course, our kiddos walked forward with confidence, not even looking back.
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Moving halfway across the country with no relatives and only a framework of a community, my 24-year-old heart didn’t realize just how much it would ache and long to be near family once the excitement of my new adventure waned.
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One sunny autumn afternoon, shortly after I learned I was pregnant, I felt an incredible urge to ease off the couch and start dancing.
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A newborn, a toddler, and a homeless man. Never in a million years did I think I’d be living with all three under one roof. Yet here we are.
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A classmate of my 4-year old nephew kept crying at preschool, so my nephew put his arm around him and asked what was wrong.
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I’ve been thinking a lot lately about how to keep my children happy. How to keep them from falling into despair, or from getting so entangled into the world’s false enticements that they start to wonder if there is any way out.
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