Category Family

October, the Month of the Rosary

September 24, 2020 · by · in "The Rosary Prayer by Prayer", Book, Catholic, Christian, Faith, Family, Fatima at 100.Fatima Today, Grieving with Mary, Rosary · 1 Comment

With the transition to autumn comes pumpkin spice, falling leaves, cool evenings—and the rosary. The entire month of October is dedicated to the rosary and October 7th is the feast of Our Lady of the Rosary. In addition, on October 13, 1917, Mary appeared to three shepherd children and said she was the Lady of […]

Love from a Distance

September 11, 2020 · by · in Alzheimer's disease, Book, Death and Dying, Family · 1 Comment

When Marshall was at the end of his life, he was surrounded by family. We smothered him with love. I am especially grateful to have held his hand through his last breath and my head close to his while listening intently to his final gasp. COVID has robbed families of this blessing. If your elderly […]

First Place Award for The Alzheimer’s Spouse

July 3, 2020 · by · in Alzheimer's disease, Book, Books, Catholic, Christian, Death and Dying, Faith, Family, Navigating Alzheimer's, The Alzheimer's Spouse, Writing · 3 Comments

Whether fiction or nonfiction, quality books require diligent research, experience, wisdom, imagination, and years, if not decades, of time. From concept through publication and on through marketing, books are the offspring of authors. We live and breathe them. Most books have a life, a period of time in which they are relevant and of interest […]

Angels to Guard You Wherever You Go

June 25, 2020 · by · in Book, Faith, Family, Hans Christian Andersen Illuminated by The Message · 1 Comment

“It seemed to her that the waves nodded strangely. She took her red shoes, her dearest possession, and threw them both into the river; but they fell close to the shore, and the little wavelets brought them back to the land to her. It seemed as if the river would not take from her the […]

Easy Test with Big Answers

June 23, 2020 · by · in Alzheimer's disease, Book, Books, Family, Health · 1 Comment

Do you struggle to remember names? Do you forget where you are going or what you wanted to do? Is it difficult for you to complete basic math? When multi-tasking, juggling work, home, and family, or exhausted from a long day, it’s not unusual to forget things. We misplace credit cards and keys, forget to […]

Walking in Someone’s Painful Shoes

June 11, 2020 · by · in Book, Family, Midwest, Saint Mother Theodore Guerin, Saint Theodora and Her Promise to God, Saint Theodora Guerin, Self-Improvement, Seven Principles of Sainthood, spirituality · 1 Comment

 My sister, Patti, says that everything is relevant. Patti is a financial advisor for Morgan Stanley. She says that if her clients are making money, they feel the market is doing well. If they are losing money, then the market is poor.This concept can be applied to all factors of life. We view things from […]

Small but Mighty Mustard Seed

May 8, 2020 · by · in Book, Books, Catholic, Faith, Family, Grieving with Mary · 3 Comments

We say we believe, we trust the Lord to care for us and our needs. And then life gives us a reality check. We find that trust becomes so much more difficult when we are challenged. We lose a meaningful job, beautiful home, or more painfully, a loved one, and that measure of faith quickly […]

Choosing a Memory Care Home Sight-Unseen

May 4, 2020 · by · in Alzheimer's disease, Book, Death and Dying, Family, Health · 4 Comments

We may be sheltering in place but Alzheimer’s disease is not holding still. It’s doing what it always does. It progresses. There is no cure for this disease. Symptoms may be somewhat controlled with medication and behavioral modification, but loved ones’ health conditions continue to decline. Should the symptoms become unmanageable from the loved one’s […]

Perfect Opportunity to Ponder

April 28, 2020 · by · in Book, Catholic, Christian, Faith, Family, Seven Principles of Sainthood, spirituality · 6 Comments

Contemplation is defined as deep reflective thought, to think profoundly about something. In a very busy life, there is little opportunity to contemplate on anything. God, a Higher Power, Mother Nature, the Universe, humanity – whoever or whatever is responsible for this haunting virus, sent us to our rooms to think about what we need […]

Shopping in an Apron Mask

April 14, 2020 · by · in Book, Catholic, Family, Young in the Spirit · 1 Comment

Grocery shopping can be a time-consuming task, but I sure do miss running into a store to pick up exactly what I want when I want it. As advised by the CDC, I avoid going into the stores. Either a younger family member shops for me or I order from Instacart. The experience is mostly […]

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