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Reflections of Family and Faith
"The family that prays together stays together." - Venerable Patrick Peyton
I don’t transition well. For instance, if I have a set plan in my mind, and someone walks in and announces that because of this or of that, such said plan is not possible, everything inside of me shuts down. Not forever. But long enough to be visible. Long enough to allow disappointment and letdown to creep in and get the best of me.
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There is no doubt about it: I’m a Martha. This fact is apparently so obvious that I was even given the role of Martha of Bethany years ago when I was involved with a Passion musical. Partly attributed to ADHD, I have an innate desire to move, plan, talk, etc. In other words, I am like so many who have a brain that never seems to stop when it should. I operate on setting and fulfilling goals, am a certified list maker, and live by a calendar – usually.
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“Quick! Look at the water!” I rolled my eyes. I was knee-deep in scraping dried chocolate off the floor, and the darn stuff wasn’t coming off. It was day eight of our 10-day beach trip and it had rained every day since we arrived. I’d spent the whole trip playing director to an increasingly mutinous crew and by that evening I had had enough.
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CatholicMom | strength and hope | trust
There are just a few more weeks left of summer in our household. I know many families are already starting back to school this week or next week. But for us,
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CatholicMom | inspiration | saints | strength and hope
When I was a young girl I was fascinated with stories of people, mostly girls and women, who overcame the horrors of World War II. Edith Stein, also known as St. Teresa Benedicta of the Cross, was a woman who overcame the horrors of WWII by her death in Auschwitz in 1942
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CatholicMom | strength and hope
“Those tiny, buzzing flies – our wayward thoughts – do not interrupt the recollection of the heart.” — Jacque Philippe, Time for God Ever since my baby daughter had open-heart surgery, acquaintances and friends have asked me a common question, “How did you get through it? Weren’t you a mess?”
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