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Occasionally, I get a hankering for a spiritual message. I’ve heard meditation might open the channels of my mind to provide such an answer. To date, the messages I’ve received have been centered around the weekly flyer from the grocery store. I will say that it’s the calmest I’ve ever felt, making a mental grocery…
Even turtles leave their eggs in my daughter’s care. My oldest daughter is a baby whisperer. While some parents dread the terrible two’s. She loves them. Currently, she is a teacher at a preschool for you guessed it, the two-year-old room. Children who cried every day when they were dropped off for school, now cry…
I hate sneezing! It’s loud and messy, and there are always more than one following the first. Yesterday I sneezed with a mouthful of oatmeal. Guess how that went! I take allergy medicine daily, but last week I forgot to pick up more at the store. I was sneezing and sniffle-free for three whole…
A man was obviously excited about his flight. He filmed the story from the parking garage on a Tic Tok video. He smiled the entire video and even got choked up telling the story. He described it as “the most incredible experience.” He was boarded and buckling his seatbelt when a mom and her very…
When my oldest daughter, Erika, was eight months pregnant, her hormones were rocking and rolling. She called one day in tears. “Mom, what if I have an ugly baby and no one tells me she’s ugly?” she sobbed into the phone. “Who would have the heart to tell a mom that her baby is ugly?…
I went to my doctor this week to get my hormone levels tested. Don’t you know, my progesterone is very low. I am convinced that this is the hormone responsible for working out, keeping the house tidy, and creating delicious gourmet meals. I think it may even have some control over sexual desire attached to…
I have several elderly friends. I always think I’ll have them forever, but this week I got a reminder that time is not guaranteed. I met most of them at church. They are a lively and comical group. I was introduced to them when my husband, Scott, became a Eucharistic Minister to serve Holy…
In honor of my Dad’s birthday in Heaven During seventh grade, I came home to find my Gran serving tea to six nuns in our kitchen. My teacher, Sister Mary Theresa, was one of them. She was ironing our clothes. Seriously, my teacher was ironing my uniform blouse. She said, “Hello, Anne! Come sit with…