In a quiet, candle-lit chapel, I prayed this weekend.  In the center of the room, a small crucifix caught my attention; directly in front of it was a monstrance holding the Eucharist.  To the left, a faded wooden portrait of Our Lady of Guadalupe glimmered in the light.  I prayed with a focus I have not had in a long time.  My faith life is in a ( Read more... )

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It's come to my attention that I say "I don't know" very often.  I also say "I can't."
This defeatist attitude has got to go.  I'm now firmly resolved to be optimistic and positive.
As the little note card I stuck on my desk says, "Don't be frustrated by your inexperience - all green things inevitably grow."
I must allow myself to grow instead of ( Read more... )

I'm hope the whole year is like a crisp winter night:  Let me lie down and look at the crescent moon, shining softly in the dark blue sky.  Let me see the tips of the bare, bold, old trees whip in the wind.  Let me hear the wind howling at my back, feel it tug me in different directions.  Let me gaze in delight at falling snowflakes even as I  ( Read more... )

There is something so beautiful about waking up in a comfy bed, cuddling a pillow, as the late morning sun streams into the room.  No pressures to leave the sheets.  No need to get out of bed.  No want of anything except to lazily shut my eyes and drift in and out of dreams.

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CURRENT LOVES:

xxx  the eleven year old running around my house in a Santa suit (damn, boys can be adorable! As my mom wonders: what are going to do when he's no longer eleven??)

xxxx having tea with the 18 year old sis

xxxxx Anna Karenina by Tolstoy (I cannot explain to myself why I waited so long to read Tolstoy...)
Did I mention he wrote a passage ( Read more... )

"Happy families are all alike; every unhappy family is unhappy in its own way."  Anna Karenina -- Tolstoy.
This is my second day home for Christmas break.  I must admit that it is a relief to be back in my childhood home: to be able to take long baths, to read for hours, to sleep in, to eat home cooked meals.  But being home brings forth different ( Read more... )

Once I post this, you are supposed to write a note in reply with 16 random things, facts, habits, or goals about you ( Read more... )

Another week has flown by.  This week was actually very exciting and yet I'm not sure what I should post about.

Last Saturday this grad student with whom I've been friendly asked me to go to a play and dinner with him.  I did and I had a good time.  He's very nice and easy to talk to but I don't think I feel anything more than friendship for him ( Read more... )