Over New Year’s I went on my favorite retreat and it was, as it often is, a huge source of grace in my life and heart. One phrase from the retreat has been echoing in my mind these past three months–over and over. There was a “Vocation Panel” one afternoon. I was ready to sitContinueContinue reading “His gift to me”
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Can men (like a Pope/ Saint) be friends with women (philosophers)??11?
Oh, lawd. I’m going to start out with: this is my opinion (and my blog). If you disagree with me, you can tell me and we can discuss via comment-section 4-ever. Here’s an age-old question for the masses: Can men and women be friends? Like, really-friends? Not where, secretly, they just want to “take itContinueContinue reading “Can men (like a Pope/ Saint) be friends with women (philosophers)??11?”
Kiwi will not accept your attempts to cage her
My guinea pig, Kiwi, is a realllllll rascal. Really she just wants to be free to run around and sleep wherever she wants (favorite spot: against our neighbor’s garage, in his tall grass…where he has dogs who could eat her…and she doesn’t care) and eat all of the snacks she can find. We used toContinueContinue reading “Kiwi will not accept your attempts to cage her”
SQT: Quotes edition
Yo, dog. This is where I am right now. Tomorrow is Synod-y stuff for the AOD. After that, I hope to catch the tail-end of a workshop on “Called and Gifted.” Also–please pray for a talk I’m supposed to give to some kidlets on chastity/ vocation/ life Sunday night…before a dance lesson. Oh, and it’sContinueContinue reading “SQT: Quotes edition”
Sewer-steam prayer
I don’t know if this happens in other cities (and, for all of my travels, I don’t remember the phenomenon in other places) but, in Detroit, white smoke-y steam billows from our sewers. When we were kids we made up some elaborate, fictional story about this, and told visiting-kids about dragons in the sewer systems.ContinueContinue reading “Sewer-steam prayer”
Synod ’16. Archdiocese of Detroit. Get pumped.
YALLA HABIBI. (^Do you live in an area highly populated by Arabic-speakers? If so, that makes sense. If not: “Let’s go, my love.”) YO, DOG, there are some really, interesting, exciting developments in the Catholic church (A) across the world because the Holy Spirit is always active* and (B) in Detroit. And we’re going toContinueContinue reading “Synod ’16. Archdiocese of Detroit. Get pumped.”
Dinner Party. Deconstructed.
One million years ago, when I was young, I went to Australia with thousands of other youths, because the Pope had invited us. I did things there. Saw kangaroos. Ate lamington (U.S. GET ON YOUR SPONGE CAKE/ CHOCOLATE COATING/ COCONUT GAME)/ Weetabix/ Tim Tams (obvi, this is prior to being diagnosed gluten-free). Also, itContinueContinue reading “Dinner Party. Deconstructed.”
SQT: Hallelujah it’s a weekend!
-1- The plan for tomorrow, Stan, is that I host a nine-course dinner party for twenty people. And I’m super pumped. I’ve got flowers, fine china, all kindsa food, little name tag place cards for people…everything. I even made RSVP cards. My youngest brother, Josh, who is coming and even helping me prep food forContinueContinue reading “SQT: Hallelujah it’s a weekend!”
Kenny, Kenny
This is Kenny. He goes to my tiny church. And I just really, really love him. He gave me a CD he burned a few weeks ago, with all of his favorite songs. Turns out, most of them are my favorite songs, too. He reads at mass sometimes, just like me. Once, when I gotContinueContinue reading “Kenny, Kenny”
Unpopular opinion: Ugh on undercover pro-life vids
How familiar are you, generally, with internet memes? There’s one that’s called the “Unpopular opinion puffin” and it looks like this: Homeboy is the mascot of today’s post. Now, before all of the straw-men are constructed, let me throw out there: I’m a pro-life woman. I’ve stood in the Life Chain since, earnestly, some ofContinueContinue reading “Unpopular opinion: Ugh on undercover pro-life vids”
Seashell Nell 