Category: Pastoral Life
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Amid the boxes and packing paper
Lately it seems my blogs have ended up in my seminary blog, but today, this is just about me and my life. Not about how it works with seminary. Today, it is about the fact I sit in this house, as it is almost empty of our things; things that…
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Halloween or Trick or Treat Deferred? How could they…Not?
My two cents- for what it is worth :Lots of towns move trick or treat to a night that is better. They don’t move Halloween. Just trick or treat- a dangerous night. I grew up all over and most of the places moved it if it was during the week–…
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25 things, for my friend Fran and becuase of her. (from Jan 26, 2009)
Edit 25 Things, for my friend Fran and because of her by Julie Kelly on Monday, January 26, 2009 at 10:26am 1. If I could change one thing about my life, it would be to live as a missionary with basically nothing. Simple is good. 2. If I could take…
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question
Originally posted and written 2-19-2009 I hear this friend,her mom is dying.Soon she will no longer hold her mommy. I watch the tv, stories of reaching, grasping, desperation and I think…how horrible for them. I know divorce anddeath and poverty are all around, most times not so silent. My…
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it feels like the first time- all over again- starting a new degree
You would think that once you have been to a couple of colleges, they all would start to have a large degree of commonality. Not so. I am floundering around again to learn new terms for a new college and, in the mindset of BK, doing it “their way.” Let…
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The answer is… suck it up and drive on
Many a time I am asked, “How do you do it? How do you live with a man, give him your heart and bear him children, all while knowing he may leave for battle and never return?” They even ask, “How does he do it? How does he live with…
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facebook gave me roots
We hear it all the time, “facebook ruined my marriage, my friendship, got me fired…”. Well apart from the fact that a computer program cannot do those things, I am here to say that facebook has done something really good, really true, of value, of moment, in my life. I…
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Its Electric!
Cut to the chase: I got struck by lightening. Yupper. You know that question about why we are safe in a car in a lightening storm? Well it also applies to why we are UNSAFE when we touch the chassis of a car in a lightening storm.I was at the…
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breathe…..
For Jeannie, and all who live a day of life missing a loved one who has gone on before us. You took that breath last night in awe and wonder at amber moon light.Missing those loved ones now a memory, wondering if connection yet exists. You breathed them back into…
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moving…..
Fold, tape, wrap, nestle, fold, tape, label, repeat. Slice, unfold, unwrap, find the right spot, repeat. Almond oil for cuticles dried out by packing paper and boxes. Epsom salts for sore muscles and feet. Wine to chill me out so I don’t go totally OCD on my family. Preset postcard…
Mistress of Divinity 