YOU MAY HAVE NOTICED THAT I USUALLY POST AN "EARLIER PREVIOUS BLOG" ON SATURDAY AND SUNDAY. THIS IS TO GIVE MY BRAIN A BREATHER AND TO ALLOW SOME OF THE NEWCOMERS TO CATCH UP. ACTUALLY AS I RE-READ THEM I OFTEN WONDER ARE THEY GETTING BETTER OR GETTING WORSE. I DON'T REALLY KNOW. SOME OF … Continue reading “Those Nasty Thorns”
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What To Say & How To Say It
YOU MAY HAVE NOTICED THAT I USUALLY POST AN "EARLIER PREVIOUS BLOG" ON SATURDAY AND SUNDAY. THIS IS TO GIVE MY BRAIN A BREATHER AND TO ALLOW SOME OF THE NEWCOMERS TO CATCH UP. ACTUALLY AS I RE-READ THEM I OFTEN WONDER ARE THEY GETTING BETTER OR GETTING WORSE. I DON'T REALLY KNOW. SOME OF … Continue reading What To Say & How To Say It
Let’s Enjoy Our Differences
We are all so different. We are different in our likes and dislikes, in our motivations, in our personalities. We are certainly different in our physical characteristics…. height, weight, “looks”. Doing my usual extensive research for the BLOG, I discovered that there are 4 different personality types. No wait, hold on…. others say there are … Continue reading Let’s Enjoy Our Differences
Thank God For Friends
I was with a group of “friends” today, talking about “friendship”. It’s a subject we’ve been talking about since we were little kids. In kindergarten we would hear “Who’s your friend Tommy?”. Later we hear, so Lulu who is your BFF” (For you old people BFF means “best friend forever”) Judy asked one of our grandsons, who had … Continue reading Thank God For Friends
The Angels Are Busy
A story that’s part of the Touhill Family Lore describes when Jon first drove the car. I think he was about 2 or 3 years old. I foolishly left the car running as I went up to the door of a friend who was watching some of our older children while Judy was in the … Continue reading The Angels Are Busy
Safe Lodging & Holy Rest
My mother died in 1996, over 26 years ago. As we were working on the details of her funeral, I thought of her life and the many trials she endured and how she had persevered to the end…. 40 years a widow, battling addiction and never giving up. I thought of many dark days she … Continue reading Safe Lodging & Holy Rest
Delusion– Be On Guard
“Delusion is defined as a peculiar belief or impression that is firmly maintained despite being contradicted by what is generally accepted as reality or rational argument, typically a symptom of mental disorder.” When I’m deluded, I don’t know right from wrong. “Because they refused to love the truth and so be saved….therefore God sends upon them a … Continue reading Delusion– Be On Guard
How To Think
Originally Posted July 2, 2021 I try to say a prayer each morning that Pope John Paul II learned from his father. It begins, “ O Holy Spirit, love of the Father and Son inspire me in how to think….” (It goes on with several other admonitions.) Boy, this is a great way to begin each … Continue reading How To Think
Pistol
Originally Posted July 1, 2021 My daughter Cris recently gave me the book “Pistol” by Mark Kriegel; it’s about the life of Pete Maravich. Growing up during the time of Pistol Pete, I was amazed at his skills…. he captured the world of sports…. he was bigger than life. For those of you who don’t … Continue reading Pistol
Why Did God Make Me
A catechism is “a summary of the principles of Christian religion in the form of questions and answers, used for the instruction of Christians.” Perhaps the most famous catechism in the United States was the Baltimore Catechism….the standard Catholic school text in the country from 1885 to the late 1960s. “The Baltimore Catechism was the national Catholic catechism for children in the United … Continue reading Why Did God Make Me
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