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The day after Christmas is the Feast of St. Stephen, The very first martyr of the church. It's recorded that, as he was sharing the news of Jesus, The crowd grew agitated and upset And rushed upon Stephen to kill him. I went to mass yesterday, so I heard the story. These words, in particular,... Continue Reading →
My Christmas looked like this... And then...night! Christmas! Baby Jesus! The sibs kind of decided against the Midnight Mass option...and elected for the 7:30 a.m. mass instead, all bright-eyed and bushy-tailed. COUGH. I love this photo someone snapped, though: Merry Christmas, everybody!
First of all: Oh, wow! I'm so excited! It's everything they love! Hahahaha, and it's meaningful and beautiful! Score for Santa! And then you buy the supplies: Thinking, "Oh, yeah, I've got this. I'm the baddest." And you're usually like, "I used to do this all the time, and I remember it being easy (snort!!)"... Continue Reading →
Twelve Christmas facts/ things that I love Just for kix and giggles. I was working on this new painting technique for this ultra-specific wall art I’m making for somebunny special (I have one thousand brothers, and gifting individual gifts to each? It’s like I read all of the “101 Christmas Gifts he’ll LOVE” every December... Continue Reading →
"May your days, may your days, may your days be merry and briiii-ay-ay-aight..." Want to know other magical things about Christmas? I WILL TELL YOU. Friends. They come back into town, they want to make plans and hang out. Or they're still in town, but you don't see them too much anymore, and they want... Continue Reading →
Every day I've been praying my Christmas novena, repeating the words the fifteen times I'm supposed to. I pray it in the kitchen or in church or in bed, on my fingers or my rosary or my bracelet's beads, praying about the "hour and moment at which the Son of God was born," and that... Continue Reading →
Subtitled: HOW GOOD, EXCESSIVELY FRAGMENTED THOUGHT Rough outline, because otherwise this makes no sense: Story Other story Things that are cool about Christmas Quote that is neat, but doesn't really tie into anything It still doesn't make sense...but, at least you have an outline. On Monday Julia texted me all, "Should I dress cute or... Continue Reading →
Well. Well, well, well (dun! dun! dah dun! (That's not my favorite song of hers, btw. This one is better. So is this one)). Last week is over. That was fun. Stuff and stuff and more stuff!! So many responsibilities! So many obligations! So little time left over for blogging (sorry, blog!) How can I... Continue Reading →
I wrote to one of my friends today, "I feel like this week is just one long day where I happen to keep changing clothes" and it seriously feels that way--late, late nights of community service all week long, and the next two nights aren't any different. In fact, I'm supposed to be giving two... Continue Reading →
OK, so mayyyybe yesterday's post was a little angst-y, and I woke up feeling a little bit bad about that, and even contemplated removing it, but then I didn't. BUT, WAIT LET ME TELL YOU ONE MORE THING ABOUT YESTERDAY. And then you can be like, "Dang, that was a rough day." So. My padre... Continue Reading →
