Akathistos

I am having a hard time finding things to write about recently, here and on my family blog.  I think some of the things that have been on my mind right aren’t things that I can really discuss on my other blog and I don’t really even know who reads this blog (If you do [...]

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My little man was in the mood to “annoint” himself with holy water the other.  He kept doing it over and over again, each time taking a little sip as well.  Finally, at dinnertime, I surprised myself by saying:
“You’ve had enough holy water for today!”
Only an Orthodox (or Catholic) mother might be caught discipling her [...]

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It has been a week since I last posted.  Between being very busy and my computer dying, I didn’t get around to posting and I didn’t have any post-dated entries either.
First of all, I’d like to update on my mom.  She is regaining her strength slowly.   We do not know the results of her biopsy [...]

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I started reading this book last night.  I am not that far into it yet, but I am really enjoying what I am reading.  I really like this quote:
“Christian life is zeal, and the strength to remain in communion with God by means of an active fulfilment of His holy will, according to our faith [...]

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“I love you”s from my son
seeing how excited my little lady is in the morning
cuddling with the two of them
cooking a delicious dinner for my husband
hearing my son try to pray The Lord’s Prayer
cloth diapering my daughter
success with potty-training my son

“Lord, have mercy” coming from my son’s lips
slowly catching up on the laundry
my children taking [...]

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When we visited Dormition Monastery last month, I had the extreme privilege of making confession with Father Roman Braga.  I had seen the documentary on his time in the Pitesti prison and was humbled to be in the presence of such a godly man.
He asked me several questions and ended our confession time by saying,
Love [...]

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My Uncle Bob is doing a little bit better!  He is still in ICU, but he is breathing much better and more aware than he was a few days ago. Thank you for your prayers.
My mom has already had a bone scan, chest xray and CAT scan.  The technician who did the bone scan told [...]

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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 [...]

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Our little man is doing MUCH better today!
He didn’t sleep through the night and ended up sleeping with us, but he woke up in a good mood (he took his pain meds half asleep; so that helped).  He was his normal crazy-hyper boyish self for part of the morning until he completely crashed.  He is [...]

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Thank you for all the emails and comments on my blog.
Our little guy is still having a hard time.  My hubby and I both think that he seems to be getting a little bit worse everyday.  He wakes up in the night screaming and has been sleeping with us since Friday night.  At the beginning, [...]

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