Posted by Jessica | Posted in Mom | Posted on January 15, 2012
Thinking of returning here. There are so many thoughts needing to be written out in order to become focused and coherent. For me, life experiences are more fully processed when made with letters and punctuation. (Even when incorrectly used or spelled.) Hope to spend more time with you soon.
Posted by Jessica | Posted in Mom | Posted on July 28, 2011
This blog silence has been temporarily interrupted for an important message:
Thank you to the anonymous The Vermont Country Store gift giver. Your gift was well received by it’s recipients.
Update: A sibling thought I dedicated this song to them because I was upset with something they did. So the other two don’t make the same mistake I’ll explain the dedication… :p
The song was posted because we are children of divorce. It is about forgiving our parents. Not that forgiving each other for stuff isn’t important, it just wasn’t the intention of the song.
For new readers and late night google search engine hit finders: Glad you are here. Please feed my starving ego with comments. :) For my long time readers and obligated family and friends: Decided with this new life thrust upon me I would embrace the change with a site redesign. Please also feel free to feed my starving ego with comments.
What matters most…
How I see it:
Some people see the glass half empty…some half full…and some of us have come to realize that it is an absolute miracle there is even a glass to hold water at all.
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We can’t understand nor even fathom from under the tapestry the beauty of the image above. When it seems that life is all a mess and horribly wrong I remember in His hands the chaos underneath is creating the glorious finished product above.
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Real faith isn’t floating clouds and perpetual confidence and joy. Real faith is a dirty, messy, bloody battle.
Soul of Christ, make me holy
Body of Christ, be my salvation
Blood of Christ, let me drink your wine
Water flowing from the side of Christ, wash me clean
Passion of Christ, strengthen me
Kind Jesus, hear my prayer
Hide me within your wounds
And keep me close to you
Defend me from the evil enemy
And call me at the hour of my death
To the fellowship of your saints
That I might sing your praise with them
for all eternity. Amen.
Hail Holy Queen
Hail, Holy Queen, Mother of mercy,
our life, our sweetness and our hope.
To thee do we cry, poor banished children of Eve:
to thee do we send up our sighs,
mourning and weeping in this valley of tears.
Turn then, most gracious Advocate,
thine eyes of mercy toward us,
and after this our exile,
show unto us the blessed fruit of thy womb, Jesus.
O clement, O loving, O sweet Virgin Mary! Amen.
Holy Family
Jesus, our most loving redeemer, You came to enlighten the world with your teaching and example. You willed to spend the greater part of Your life in humble obedience to Mary and Joseph in the poor home of Nazareth. In this way, You sanctified that family, which was to be an example for all Christian families.
Graciously accept our family, which we dedicate and consecrate to You this day. Be pleased to protect, guard, and keep it in holy fear, in peace, and in the harmony of Christian charity. By conforming ourselves to the Divine model of Your family, may we attain to eternal happiness.
Wise Words
"You never know what God wants to do with your life. Sometimes when we are going through something very painful, we think it is all about our own survival but it isn't. It is about what God wants to do for others through you." -Marilyn Phillipps
"Everyone who suffers is on a cross. Some ask to be taken down, like the thief on the left. Others want to be taken up, like the thief on the right." -Archbishop Fulton Sheen, Wartime Prayer Book ,1943
"In daily life we must see that it is not happiness that makes us grateful, but gratefulness that makes us happy." -Brother David Steindl-Rast