My mother’s brother, Bob, has just been moved to ICU. He has emphyzema and got a cold several weeks ago. The cold made him so ill that he was placed in the hospital, where it was touch and go for a while. He still has pneumonia and also an bacterial infection in his lungs. The [...]
Monthly Archive for September, 2008
My mother bought me a Brian Andreas print just after my son was born, and I found one (above) for my husband’s first father’s day. Take a minute to browse through the storypeople site; you can even send ecards.
Thanks to Simply Victoria, who posted about this site on her blog.
My Beautiful Mother
Posted in Family on Sep 6th, 2008
Isn’t she lovely?
Heavenly Father, physician of our souls and bodies, Who have sent Your only-begotten Son and our Lord Jesus Christ to heal every sickness and infirmity, visit and heal also Your servant Dorothy from all physical and spiritual ailments through the grace of Your Christ. Grant her patience in this sickness, strength of body [...]
I walked around a store for an hour, sang in the car and tried to not think about anything. Taking deep breaths, praying or thinking too much all make me cry. Please pray for my mother.
Found on “in the process of weeding out”
Two word survey, no more, no less…
1. Where is your cell phone? ……………… [...]
We just found out that my mother has a tumor in her hip.
My mom, Dorothy, has been having severe pain in her hip for several months now. Once, the pain was so debilitating that my father had to rush her to the emergency room. My mother is a very strong woman; she has three older [...]
Jesse Tree
Posted in Crafts for Kids, Feasts, Uncategorized on Sep 6th, 2008
I had never heard of a Jesse Tree until today, and now I am seeing it all over the place.
Deb posted about the project that she is a part of.
You can go to Festal Celebrations to view the project.
I thought about trying to do it for this year, but that isn’t going to happen. I [...]
Saint Elizabeth
Posted in Saints, Saints Who Were Mothers on Sep 5th, 2008
St. Elizabeth, Mother of St. John the Baptist
Commemorated on September 5
The Righteous Elizabeth was the mother of the holy Prophet, Forerunner and Baptist of the Lord, John. She was descended from the lineage of Aaron, and was the sister of St. Anna, the mother of the Most Holy Theotokos. The righteous spouses, “walking in all [...]
“Money for Jesus” Jar
Posted in Children, Crafts for Kids, Parenting on Sep 5th, 2008
In the comments section of my previous post, Emma asked, “What is the little coin jar for?”
The coin jar is a craft that my son and I made together.
Whenever he finds money, he puts it in his “Money for Jesus” jar (that’s what he named it) and then it is to be taken to [...]
Our Children’s Icon Corner
Posted in Crafts for Kids, Family, Uncategorized on Sep 4th, 2008
We recently acquired a few small icons for the kids’ room. I decided that I wanted to have a little icon corner to put them in. Here is how I made the little display case:
I took the bottom part of a shoe box and cut it into two sections: one about 2/3 of the box [...]
Saint Christodoula
Posted in Saints, Saints Who Were Mothers on Sep 4th, 2008
St. Christodoula, The Mother Of Urban, Prilidian, Epolonius
Commemorated on September 4
Saint Christodoula was the mother of the three youths Urban, Prilidian, Epolonius who suffered martyrdom with Hieromartyr Babylas under Emperor Decius (249-251).
The emperor tried in all sorts of ways to entice the youths and their mother to renounce Christ, but in vain. In a rage, [...]
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