The first thing that you need to know is that obscene amounts of my childhood were spent playing Barbies with my sister on the floor in the basement. Our basement has a pole, for support (I think?), in the center of the large rec room and we were constantly fighting battles with our brothers overContinueContinue reading “Sisters. Straight crazy-talk.”
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Life can be so…life-y.
Life can be so…life-y I went on retreat. This you know. And here’s a photo of the retreat featuring some too-cute young’un’s who rescued some puppets I made out of paper lunch bags. It was beautiful, you know? My dear friends were there. The creative Josie and the crazy brother Thomas and Father Pio whoseContinueContinue reading “Life can be so…life-y.”
What Christmas looked like
I love this. I love every bit. And, of course, the most important part looked like this: But, of course, I forgot to take pictures of mass so instead you just have pictures of my beautiful family. Here we go. ***IMPORTANT NOTICE*** If you are David or Esther or someone who likes to SPOIL SURPRISES,ContinueContinue reading “What Christmas looked like”
Celebrating people.
Because I love the church and her saints and all of the feast days, guess what? TODAY YOU LEARN MORE. My hero, St. Hildegard. Yesterday was her feast day. I love her first of all because my coworker had a quote of St. Hildegard’s on the wall. I love her secondly because she is aContinueContinue reading “Celebrating people.”
Kathryn post!
Hello my loves. I’ve been friends with Kathryn for some time, even though neither of us can remember when we first met each other. And we often talk about this and try to remember. But we never can. The most vivid of memories was that I somehow felt like Kathryn should be involved in aContinueContinue reading “Kathryn post!”
Celebrating.
When Josh was four or five he wandered to the athletic fields which border our yard and he found a dad striping the fields in preparation for the upcoming athletic season, and the dad had his son with him as well. The son was four or five, like Josh. And they played together for aContinueContinue reading “Celebrating.”
Meeting my brothers
Last post in the meet-my-family series is by my brothers. They’re each unique individuals, and here is some brother insight for today. And I’m posting pics and commenting in italics per the usual. My oldest brother, David, answers first Pretend you had a free weekend–what would you do? Work on projects around the house. IContinueContinue reading “Meeting my brothers”
Meeting my family: learning about my mom
Today my mom answers questions, and I write a few comments in italics: What was your worst Camino memory? When you’re done with the Camino you forget the worst–it’s all wonderful. What is your favorite soup? Lots of vegetables with cabbage, barley and short ribs. Pick three people you’d travel with on an epic roadContinueContinue reading “Meeting my family: learning about my mom”
Meeting my family: Ceebs and Marc
These two together because they get along well? That and they weren’t descriptive in their answers, so it would be, like, a twenty-word blog post each. Oh, and any comments I have are italicized. Teh padre answers some questions: What did you eat for lunch today? Chimichanga, rice and beans Describe Esther (my sister-in-law) LooksContinueContinue reading “Meeting my family: Ceebs and Marc”
Learning more about my life!
So, last week was a doozy-week of posts where I was like, “Blah, blah, blah deal with all my issues!” And it was heavy for both of us, wasn’t it? This week I’ll be doing something different. I put a bunch o’ questions in my sister’s Wayne State soup mug and asked all of myContinueContinue reading “Learning more about my life!”
Seashell Nell 