Bereaved and Blessed

Gatekeeping (5th Edition)

May 21, 2012

How are you feeling? What are your plans for tomorrow? Welcome to the fifth edition of my “Gatekeeping” blog series. I shared the back story of these simple and yet powerful questions in this post. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Last week I received an email from a reader letting me know how much my Gatekeepers post has meant to […]

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My First Sestina: To Sing

May 17, 2012

I am excited to share with you my first attempt at writing a sestina style poem. Though I have played around with poetry a bit in the past (mostly limericks and another one that I am very proud of), I don’t think I have tried to write fixed form since high school and I know that I […]

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Happy Day

May 12, 2012

Whatever you do tomorrow, I hope that you feel the love and support of your family and friends. I wish you a wonderful day and hope that you get to spend time with people who are important to you. If you are a mother with living children, I hope that your loved ones, especially your sons […]

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Time Warp Tuesday: Mothering

May 8, 2012

Let’s do the Time Warp again! Welcome to the nineteenth installment of my blog hop/writing exercise called Time Warp Tuesday! For those not familiar with Time Warp Tuesdays, which I host on the 2nd Tuesday of every month, here is the background of how and why I came up with the idea. If you are here to […]

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Sean’s Sacraments and Our Family (Then and Now)

May 7, 2012

THEN — Sean on his Baptism Day (Sunday, November 23, 2003) NOW — Sean on his First Communion Day (Saturday, May 5, 2012) THEN — Our Family on Sean’s Baptism Day (Sunday, November 23, 2003) NOW — Our Family on Sean’s First Communion Day (Saturday, May 5, 2012)

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Exhale & Falling Upward

May 3, 2012

Exhale Magazine‘s Spring 2012 Issue is here! This issue’s theme focuses on “Continuity and Expansion.” I wrote a book review about Richard Rohr’s Falling Upward and a poem (previously published here on my blog) called Breathing that is among those featured in this current issue. For those of you not familiar with Exhale, it is an online literary magazine for those “living and breathing through […]