Today is our daughter’s 21st birthday. Wow! Where did the last twenty-one years go? She came into our lives twenty-one years ago and at least in my case completely revised all of my assumptions about girls and women. She has gone from being cute to beautiful. She has her mother’s charm and beauty and my [...]
Posts Tagged ‘birthday’
Twenty-one years
Posted in gratitude, tagged birthday, family, gratitude on August 10, 2008 | 1 Comment »
My sister
Posted in Genesee Abbey, gratitude, tagged birthday on December 22, 2007 | 1 Comment »
Forty-nine years ago, my Mom had to go to the hospital. I was six years old then and really don’t know what I was thinking of. I knew we were going to have a new baby at our house because my Mom told me, but that’s about all I knew. I didn’t know why my [...]
Birthday thoughts
Posted in Congress, Gandhi, Marian, Peace, Satyagraha, Senate, democracy, mindfulness, mystic, tagged birthday, Immaculate Conception, Peace, war on December 8, 2007 | No Comments »
Today is the Feast of the Immaculate Conception. I read just yesterday that the feast began in 1854. Protestants and the Eastern Church don’t recognize the feast, but it’s dogma in the Roman Church. It’s too bad that the dogma of more Christian churches doesn’t include the Sermon on the Mount and the phrase, “love [...]
Dynamite birthday
Posted in Benedictine, culture, gratitude, mindfulness, tagged birthday, history, Nobel on October 21, 2007 | No Comments »
Today is the birthday of Alfred Nobel who actually invented dynamite. He intended it to be used for peaceful purposes.
“I wish all guns with their belongings and everything could be sent to hell, which is the proper place for their exhibit and use.”–Alfred Nobel
I’m indebted to Brother David Steindl-Rast once again for this information. Brother [...]
