“i am a little church(no great cathedral)far from the splendor and squalor of hurrying cities–i do not worry if briefer days grow briefest,i am not sorry when sun and rain make april my life is the life of the reaper and the sower;my prayers are prayers of earth’s own clumsily striving(finding and losing and laughing…
“I wonder if the snow loves the trees and fields, that it kisses them so gently? And then it covers them up snug, you know, with a white quilt; and perhaps it says, “Go to sleep, darlings, till the summer comes again.” ― Lewis Carroll, Alice’s Adventures in Wonderland & Through the Looking-Glass If this…
“Yesterday is history, tomorrow is a mystery, today is a gift of God, which is why we call it the present.” ― Bill Keane The day of Epiphany is always a day of reflection for me. The official ending of the Christmas season, and the long awaited birth of the Holy Child, to the realization…
‘Christmas is joy, religious joy, an inner joy of light and peace.’ Pope Francis While packing away the Christmas decorations today, I reflected on this special holiday. It was our first official Christmas in Michigan, and both the girls were home. Not only that, but for the first time, it was actually a really awesome…
‘Keep love in your heart. A life without it is like a sunless garden when the flowers are dead.’ Oscar Wilde Grateful for Expert2! He knew that I would be missing our girls, and arrived home with chocolate and a bunch of roses! What more could a girl ask for (other than a glass of…