My Life

How I see the world, who I love and more

Blessed

I was allowing myself to wallow a bit - my oldest son, now 24 and in grad school broke his nose in water polo practice Thursday night. No health insurance - and I was a bit worried. And, I had a couple of bad stress days this week. But - I am so blessed! I am not...

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Still trying the Atkins Way

OK - I'm not really evangelizing about Atkins, but, so far I've dropped about 25 lbs.... I'm down to the smallest clothes in the closet. Granted, I used to have smaller ones before the house burned and I got to start all over on my wardrobe. There have been a few...

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Braves 10, DiamondBacks 6

Braves 10, DiamondBacks 6

My second major league baseball game! Both have been trips to see the Braves in Atlanta - a beautiful ballpark. We were running late due to the service at Famous Dave's Barbeque being a bit slower than we would have liked - and the parking lot on I-75/85 getting down...

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Year of Mercy

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Journey to myself

  • Luke 17:11-19 offers us the story where 10 lepers ask Jesus for help. All 10 are cured of leprosy as they were headed out to follow his instruction to present themselves to the priests. Only one, a Samaritan (foreigner, not a chosen person) turns back to say “Thank you.” Jesus tells this one that his […]
  • This Sunday the Catholic Church (at least in the US) celebrates the feast of Christ the King. Interesting how the readings for mass focus on shepherds and sheep and goats. Even the Psalm is Psalm 23 (The Lord is my shepherd.) If you want to read them yourself, look here: https://bible.usccb.org/bible/readings/112623.cfm The Gospel is Mt […]
  • What about this Sunday’s Gospel hit me? For reference, read below. Holy Gospel of Jesus Christ according to Saint Matthew 18,15-20. Jesus said to his disciples: “If your brother sins against you, go and tell him his fault between you and him alone. If he listens to you, you have won over your brother. If he […]
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