From the cradle to the cross, God’s tender mercy caresses all sorrows and joys of each sheep both in the herd and those wondering away.

So May you also list out 23 gratitudes and increase grit as we grin not  grimace through family meetings this Holiday season of greetings.

Dedicated to my husband who shows some of these traits

Food for enjoyment no engorgement, time to let go of hangry self

How to grow up and get away from your own ego

How to stay active in your Catholic faith when stillness and silence are lacking.

Introducing our 3rd Child 1st Daughter born June 8

Climax of a life- raising littles

Sometimes we learn our greatest lessons from embarrassing moments, and we fair well by only saying “farewell.”

I am getting older too

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Fight with JOY in all circumstances!

recognition, reflection, and reconciliation (also reconnection) quenches the fires of resentment.

So my busy parents with a desire to remind faithful despite limitations my your Soul Seconds add into Holy Hours.

I reveal in such joy surrendering the false idol of being extraordinary to succumb to the delightful way of the ordinary.

To my big sister

Controversial thought moving from ourselves to beyond ourselves

So may we Catholics become spiritually jacked-up with the soul-stretching and strengthening effects of the rosary!

Dear Carolyn, My big, bossy, beautiful, and beloved sister, Happy 30th earthly birthday, and third heavenly one. So many threes- a...

SAFE- sacred, affirmed, fence and evaluated- boundaries allow for a peaceful and joyful households.