“Is that Barbara Eden?” I asked my sister as she flipped the channels in our hotel room after dinner. She rolled her eyes and gave me her “Melanie-don’t-be-ridiculous” look. “It was made in
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Lent 2013, Day 11: The Sisterhood Is Powerful–and Holy
It’s a special thing to have a sister, and I’m blessed with two of them. My relationships with them are different, and have been since childhood. Maureen, three years younger, and I
Lent 2013, Day 10: “Upon This Rock”
Note: On Fridays, you can find me at Your Daily Tripod, owned by my friend TonyD. A longer version of the post below appears there. Here we are on the Catholic Feast of the Chair of Saint Peter, Apostle. How fitting that we’re also on the precipice of our Church leaders discerning who will be… Continue reading Lent 2013, Day 10: “Upon This Rock”
Lent 2013, Day 9: Patients and Patience
It’s a good thing I’ve been blessed with good health most of my life (other than a detached retina in 2008, a partial thyroidectomy in my twenties, and a couple of childhood bouts