praying for others selfishly?

How does the act of praying for others become vainglory for me? This isn’t a decision I make, or even notice as it is happening. I love praying for others. I really do — I can’t wait to have a quiet moment to say a rosary for the Christians being attacked in India and Iraq. [...]

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Have you ever wondered….

Have you ever wondered how much work it is for the wonderful women who volunteer to co-lead a homeschool group?  I have often marveled at them……but now, I am one of them.  Kiss your homeschool group leaders and send them a thank you email……cuz there is alot more work to it than you ( and me) thought! [...]

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back home…

Thank you to all who prayed for us!! It is working so keep it up  
He was taken to the hospital and had many tests ran.  CT Scans, MRI’s, ultrasounds, chest X-rays, blood counts and work ups….tons of stuff.  What happens when you drink heavily for weeks and don’t eat much at all?  You cause your body [...]

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please pray for my dad….

It is a long story about my father, so I am just going to post a copy of my recent prayer request below:
Please pray for my father, David who has a broken soul and has no hope or faith and is full of despair. My dad has been an alcoholic for about 10-15 years now. [...]

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Please pray for Daniel

Please pray for the soul of Daniel. He was my husband’s 24 yr old cousin who was found beat to death at his home. The only details we have so far is that a baseball bat was used as the weapon and the killer is in custody. Daniel met with a young man that he [...]

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When you know something….

You know you are living the simple life when your kids are happy to sit forever just watching tiny sugar ants come through a little crack, then smooshing them.
 
(not to self, they aren’t going to go away on their own as longs as crumbs are picked up!)
 
 

 
 
“Hey mom, I think one just stood up and [...]

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A Mother’s Seven Miles…..

 
I woke up this morning to fix hubby’s breakfast at 6am.  My first thought was…why does he have to eat sausage, eggs and toast every morning…I want to go back to sleep.(was up till 2am playing catchup on my housework, lesson plans and peeking at blogs for inspiration)  I let out a sigh and MADE [...]

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gone, gone, gone…

  
My poor radio has been stolen!  Our window was busted!  That is what hubby came out of work to find Wednesday night.   We have never had anything stolen from our car.  I was very attached to our radio, it is my place to go where the children are fastened and in one place and I [...]

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3rd try is a charm?

Today was my second attempt at the Dentist’s office. My tooth still will not numb to the nerve!  It numbs all around it but not down to the nerve.  After another 9 shots my dentist said he wanted to try to apply pressure.  He said I should feel pressure but no pain.  OUCH!  Now it [...]

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aarrgghhh Trip to the dentist

I am still recovering from my trip to the dentist on Wednesday.  I was going for a root canal and found that it was not guaranteed to work because I let it go for too long. (1000 bucks not in my budget!)  So he said he could pull it for 100 bucks.  It’s a moler, [...]

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