Tuesday, December 6, 2016. Busier than expected due to the out-of-nowhere gift of making contact with two very talented women who were riotously game for making an album of Advent music over the course of a very intense month or so.

O Mary, conceived without sin, pray for us who have recourse to thee! Monday, May 23, 2011. A Thief and a Gift. I have the opportunity to get to know my Dad in a whole new way. I get to learn a little bit more of his likes and dislikes. I am seeing how he makes light of his suffering and offers it up. I am seeing where I get the goofy, weird side of my personality. I enjoy every single minute that I have with my Dad. That is a tremendous gift. Wednesday, April 6, 2011.

Monday, July 15, 2013. Anyway, I feel pretty certain that the letters had a bit of sex in them, and I never in my wildest dreams imagined that they would one day become the inheritance of my mother. Another late in life confession my mom made to me after my adolescence is that she considered it her responsibility to read our diaries when we were in high school. This was how she knew when to intervene in our lives,.

Im glad you picked up. I have a special job and I wanted to offer it to you. Remember when Mallory said that if her sisters heard about the pageant, theyd want to enter it? Not asking Mallory, who, of course, would be the most convenient helper of all. She knew what Mallory thought about pageants .

A collection of words on subjects ranging from academia to Catholicism to family life and life in general. Tuesday, August 19, 2014. Having rediscovered my old blog while trying to get out some unrelated frustration, I read a post or two about going back to school when back-to-school meant I. Doodle and Chiclette, as they were named many years ago on the blog, are now going into 3rd and 1st grade, respectively. They are attending a lovely school, where .