Where seeds of thought have room to grow
Category: Friendship
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I'm thinking about family, love and sacrifice today – only fitting, I think, considering it's the day we remember the ultimate sacrifice that Jesus made for us. As if dying to save us from our own sins and give us a chance at eternal life wasn't enough, he set an example for us, showed us…
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Suffocation. Blindness. That's how despair feels. It blinds you to all light, hope, faith, joy and love. Things your spirit needs for survival just as your physical body needs air. I felt it years and years ago, remember the darkness all around me, like I had stumbled into a cave, cold, clammy, void of all light…
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I don't think there's a better way to transition from 49 to 50 than watching a bunch of rockers who are closing in on 60 going full blast for three hours. It's so inspiring – if those guys can still do what they do at their age, how much more can I do at mine?…
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First to Mass for Palms and blessings…next to the Hope House for silly songs and smiles…next soccer with sunshine and celebration (I'm optimistic – they're two for two)…and finally BRUCE SPRINGSTEEN for singing, dancing, memories, and celebrating TWO 50th birthdays with our friends George and Karen. This will be my third "date" with Brucie…the first was…
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There came a time in high school when I was tossed out of my comfortable social nest. The group I had identified with for years…clung to like a raft in the treacherous middle and high school seas…wrapped around myself like a safe (I thought) cocoon…well, they decided one day that I just didn't belong with them anymore. I racked my…
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"To live is so startling, it leaves little time for anything else." (Emily Dickinson) Something was in the air this morning – maybe some kind of charge leftover from the thunderstorm that sprinted through before dawn. Or maybe it just spruced everything up, like a good spring cleaning. It felt…invigorating…energizing…like I should be celebrating something! Even Charly…
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A new weekend is knocking on the door and I feel like I just said goodbye to the last one…it was a whole month's worth of faces, fun, and emotion packed into a few short days. It was a weekend of family and friends - Tom's brother Kenny and his wife Cathy drove in from Wichita, Kansas on Thursday. Their future…
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I have been ALL over the world this month…virtually, anyway. First, my friend Rae tromped all over New Zealand with her husband for two weeks, sharing her experiences and photos with all of us on Facebook as much as she could. Here she is inside of a maoreki boulder. And of course,…
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Corned beef, potatoes, cabbage and carrots…Irish soda bread and pistachio cheesecake…St. Brendan's-spiked coffee…a deck hugged by green treetops at sunset…friends, new and old, all ages…Irish music drifting through the air…softly…magically. That's St. Patrick's Day at the Monahan's. In my Heinz 57 genetic make-up, there must be some Irish, because I sure feel lucky to be…
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