Half an hour ago I had a very frustrating few minutes. Marc activated a ‘patch’ to help with spam comments because we’ve received over 8000 spam comments since mid-August. Turns out the patch is causing more problems than it is helping with. First I noticed that new comments were now being held for approval because they were suspected ofContinue reading “Frustrating, featuring, and funny.”
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To boldly go….
October 29th Saturday night: Last week Marc bought Ruth Burrows’ book: Guidelines for Mystical Prayer and left it on the dining room table. So this morning while the girls were sleeping in and Marc was out for a walk, I was reading the introduction just before going to a writing workshop at the library. It’s funny whatContinue reading “To boldly go….”
Marc hit the jackpot!
Last night Marc and I went to our fourth Compassionate Friends meeting and Marc hit the jackpot for the first time. There were three other dads there! Our very first Compassionate Friends meeting in Kamloops had one dad but he was an elderly man who didn’t say anything. The three men last night were far moreContinue reading “Marc hit the jackpot!”
Thank you, Virginia!
Tuesday night I was visiting with Michelle and Virginia and Virginia was sharing an experience she had with her brother-in-law which she later wrote out for me and gave me permission to write here. It went like this: The conversation was about my brother-in-law being so sad and regretful about how he treated my sister, his wife andContinue reading “Thank you, Virginia!”
Zoe is a sweetheart too!
Last week our parish had a mission given by Bob and Joan called: The Eucharist Unfolding the Mercy of God. If someone were to ask me what it was about this would be my short answer: Sunday: Receive God’s mercy and blessing. Monday: Give thanks for God’s mercy and blessing. Tuesday: Trusting your brokenness to God’s mercy and blessing.Continue reading “Zoe is a sweetheart too!”
Humility
It’s happened more than once to me and I’ve done it to others. Something bad or humiliating happens and we tease, “oh oh, you been praying for humility again?” I remember one friend recently crying, I was praying for humility not humiliation! It’s also a bit of a running joke that praying for humility isContinue reading “Humility”
Rainbow lining!
Back when we first found out that Bernadette was so seriously ill, mom’s cousin, Bruce, suggested that we keep our eyes open every day for silver linings around the dark clouds that were coming our way. It was wonderful advice and it kept us all from allowing the dark clouds to consume us. We’re still looking for silverContinue reading “Rainbow lining!”
Climbing the clouds.
I keep thinking about last Thursday because it was such a breath of fresh air and a sign of hope. It was the last Thursday of the month which meant the opportunity to attend a Compassionate Friends meeting in Vernon. Marc and I briefly considered going but decided not to for four reasons: It was theContinue reading “Climbing the clouds.”
Auto-emotional disorder
According to a few Google searches, the definition for an autoimmune disease/disorder is: When the body’s immune system attacks and destroys healthy body tissue by mistake. Some sites said that the immune system doesn’t distinguish between healthy tissue and harmful substances. Each autoimmune disorder/disease has its own symptoms but some of the more common ones are: Continue reading “Auto-emotional disorder”
Catherine is a Sweetheart!
Some days there is just no winning – ‘damned if you do and damned if you don’t’. Last weekend we had a house full of family and at dinner Sunday night after grace Marc’s brother added a prayer of blessing for everyone who was not present at the table (no doubt the first person on his heartContinue reading “Catherine is a Sweetheart!”
Journey With Jesus Children's Book 