My Santo Niño

This little statue has been my favorite since I found it three years ago. It came to me in a jumbled box lot from an estate sale. Look at it closely and it is a reassembled puzzle glued together after a bad break. The neck and the base and back have been repaired. The statue [...]

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Updates about Sasquatch the Wonder Dog

If you click this link you’ll see the successful progression of fundraising for our favorite dog patient, Sasquatch. For those of you checking in, we met Sasquatch , the adorable giant, at a UP Concert Chorus reunion in February. Shortly thereafter, Ram, his owner (though that word falls so short of reality) told me [...]

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Our Monk Friends

Introducing Brother John Raymond, and Brother Craig of the Monks of the Adoration. These very special monks came into our lives many, many years ago when my second child, John Michael was born. JM had a medical mismanagement birth crisis and his life was in danger. I called everyone I knew and everyone I knew [...]

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Radical Hope

There are times when things seem so practically impossible that the only saving impulse is to go forward with a blind faith and a radical hope. Think for a minute and believe that this exuberant hope planted in your heart is answered. Feel the joy of the answered prayer. Let it run through you [...]

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Someday soon….

Someday soon, days will be like this. I will be able to open the front door and walk across the street through the old grounds of the Reed Estate. I will be able to keep walking all the way to Hawthorne Street without a sweater and watch the sun dappling the grass. If I felt [...]

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