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The Day I made my Father Cry

The Day I made my Father Cry

I once made my dad cry not because I did anything terrible to him but because he reflected on the amount of times that life has knocked me down and he couldn’t get over my joy in the midst of it. I have had setbacks. Unemployment, illness, hospitalizations, car accidents and things just not going “right” but through it all I’ve had Jesus. And I think when people say Jesus is my joy it is true…

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The Hero

One of the things I loved most about writing is that sometimes people will share with me about how a particular piece spoke to them and what they are going through. I love it not in a proud sort of way but because when people open up like that I get to see their heroic side. I find out they were struggling with things I did not know. I find out a small bit of their hopes and fears. I find…

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Come Let Us Adore

Come Let Us Adore

I went to mass for Corpus Christi back on June 6th and the priest shared that of the 173 that attended Sunday mass only 5 signed up for adoration to celebrate this glorious Feast of the true presence of Jesus in the Eucharist. And there was a time in my life where I loved Jesus and I loved the world too and would try to keep things in “balance” where I had it “under control.” Fortunately I had a…

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Don't Say Amen

A prayer challenge for you...

I read a lot of Catholic media and I often see a recommended prayer time with the Lord of about 15-20 minutes a day. This is excellent practice and I am not going to dispute it in any way. I just have a challenge in mind for my readers who seek to grow closer to the Lord and that is: once you finish your prayer time don’t say amen. Don’t leave the Lord in your prayer space and transition to the…

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My Treasure

The American Presidential election is looming at the time that I write this. It will probably be long past by the time I get around to publishing. Anyway, I mention it because I was talking to an extremely conservative person who thinks life as we know it will erode. I don’t know what the future holds but I realized something about myself during that conversation and that is I hold no treasure…

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On a Hard Day Lately I feel like I lose my spirituality the moment I walk in the door at work.

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When Love Doesn't Change A Person

When Love Doesn’t Change A Person

I have been blessed with a lot of difficult personalities in my life. From bosses to customers, relatives to acquaintances there is just no escaping having to interact with people who rub us the wrong way while we are alive.

Now that I’ve depressed you, I bring it up because I was struggling with something peculiar in my Christian walk and whenever that happens I like to blog about it. The…

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The Frying Pan

When I was 23 years old I had a massive conversion within my Catholic faith after consecrating myself and my whole life to the Blessed Mother, a beautiful consecration which I renew every day.

With this conversion came a desire to do absolutely great things for God. I had grown up reading about desert fathers being fed by ravens, martyrs, Saints, my imagination knew absolutely no limits or bounds…

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My Lenten Leggins

I originally wrote this during Lent but I’m only just now getting around to publishing it and in truth I wasn’t sure I was going to blog anything ever again so this is nice.

I somehow got bleach on my favorite pair of leggings while I was cleaning the bathroom. I lead a very glamorous life. Anyway there’s a small red mark near my knee and I’m amazed at how much that tiny imperfection bothers me.…

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The Latest in the New Evangelization

The Latest in the New Evangelization

Hi all! So while this title like most of my titles past lacks inspiration creativity and pleases probably no one but me due to the ever so slight pun, it does capture my current emotion pretty well. The internet gets a lot of flack for being the source of all evil in society and, as a millennial who grew up with the internet, I can see the validity to points of the argument. However, as I’ve been…

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The Struggle is Real

Guest Post by A.C. Wilson!!!!

As a college student, I hear a lot of slang, funny phrases and strange trends. Everything from “on fleek” to “ratchet” or “the dab.” One of those phrases is “the struggle is real.” You describe a long homework assignment to your roommate and they look at you with pity and a dash of humor and say “the struggle is real” You run out of ice cream: “the struggle is real” You trip and stumble at the…

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Be Careful What You Wish For

Be Careful What You Wish For

One summer several years ago I had just finished my freshman year of college and was waiting to hear back from an internship I’d applied to. To make some money in the interim I did some housekeeping work for the Bed and Breakfast where my mom worked. One afternoon I was in a particularly beautiful suite cleaning the bathroom where there was a tub so huge I actually had to get inside it in order…

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Knowledge is Power?

Is there wisdom in knowledge alone?

So as a former educator I am very familiar with the slogan “knowledge is power.” It’s certainly a popular notion. If you’re going to vote and be part of a democratic society then you should be informed and educated. However, there is less consensus recently on what people should be informed and educated about. But to me knowledge is a tricky thing. Important? Certainly. But I have met many…

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Lightening Bugs

It's the #littlethings sometimes...

Ever get so caught up on big things ahead that you miss the little moments that make life grand? I hate when I do that. Because I get so caught up worrying about whether or not I will be happy in the future that I forget to be happy now, in the present. It distracts me from my littler way of just sharing whatever the moment holds with God, the method that fills even the mundane with a little bit…

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Story Time

The #adventure continues...

While hanging out a group of friends recently, I had an extremely flattering experience. Somehow somebody mentioned my blog in passing and the other three people chimed in with their opinions and how they liked it. And I was flabbergasted (that word deserves a comeback and it captures the emotions of that moment perfectly) to the point where the friend who brought it up asked me “did you not…

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The Bookworm

I guess some nicknames are more deserved than others

So today I realized a detail about myself  that is quite revealing about my personality at large. The only time I ever really wish I had money (or a large gift card equivalent to a substantial sum of money) is when I see advertised a book I really want to read/add to my library for a later date. I admit to you all I have a Disney’s Princess Belle fantasy where a man gives me a dream library…