Ordinary…Or Extraordinary?

DREAMING OF SOMETHING EXTRAORDINARY My husband and I used to watch the t.v. show Fixer Upper. We watched as Chip and Joanna Gaines worked with different people to build the houses of their dreams. It was amazing to see how they could transform an ordinary or run-down house into something dreamy and extraordinary. It appeared Read More

Compassion Over Judgment

Compassion over judgment is a phrase that I started repeating over and over in this past Lenten season because my priest’s homilies continuously centered on compassion and judgment. You see the thing I have learned recently is that judgment causes you to see someone in a narrow-minded way. It does not allow your brain to Read More

Bridges

MY ENCOUNTER WITH A BRIDGE I recently visited my Great Aunt Ann, who is 90 years old. We were talking about church and family history. History is something we both love to study and talk about. In our conversation, I brought up the fact that she personally knew some people who were born and lived Read More