Sisters, you can’t live with them, but ….
Sadly, living without them is difficult. There isn’t a day that goes by that I don’t wonder what Jeannie would think about an issue and…
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There is a definite benefit in living a long life. I have had lots of different kinds of experiences, loved and sadly lost many good…
Keep readingNotes before Jean’s funeral
My sister Jean passed from this life on October 10th, 2010. On the way to her funeral onboard a Southwest Airlines flight to San Diego,…
Keep readingI have become like my mom
During the last years of my mom’s life as she struggled with dementia, mom would ask her daughters how old she was. When we told…
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Do you ever wonder where or how our parents obtained their wisdom? Who taught our parents all that they needed to know to navigate this…
Keep readingAunt Rose’s Green Thumb
My Christmas cactus was so pretty this year. It had been outdoors most of the summer where some bugs had tried to take big bites…
Keep readingHolidays at Grandma’s home
The photo heading this page is from 1949. It is a holiday meal with grandma and grandpa Henry. As you can see with all the…
Keep reading50th anniversary That Almost Wasn’t
Last Saturday, the 20th of February, my husband and I celebrated our 50th wedding anniversary. It wasn’t the celebration that we had planned. Because of…
Keep readingThe story of Miss Bertie
The Christmas after dad died, I bought a small stuffed bear for mom. She loved toys. My sisters and I recognized that since mom had…
Keep readingThe Time I Saw Love
My life has been filled with love from its very beginning. I had wonderful parents who loved me, sisters, aunts and uncles and many cousins…
Keep readingMy Little Unimportant Life
As a child, I thought I would be special – and I was. I had a good mind; I was able to learn. My body…
Keep readingMy Parents and the First Home I Remember
This has been the hardest surgery – prolapse – that I can remember. I am not sleeping well at night and waking up numerous times…
Keep readingA Hard Couple of Weeks
Yesterday I went to confession. I was struggling so that I hoped seeing the priest would help. And it did. Everything seemed to be backing…
Keep readingMaybe I Understand the Why of Things
For all the years – 10 of them – since dad died, I have wondered why. Why did this woman hurt my father? Why did…
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The Christmas after dad died, I bought a small stuffed bear for mom. She loved toys. My sisters and I recognized that since mom had no toys of…
Keep readingGrieving tonight
I can’t get past what the priest said at Christine’s funeral about the silversmith and how God looks to see Himself in our souls and…
Keep readingMy Sister Christine Louise Margaret Henry
Christine was born on December 10, 1950 and died on June 20, 2014. I miss her. She had become my best friend. I hope I…
Keep readingMy Sister Jean Catherine Marie Henry
Jeannie was born on July 12, 1948. She died on October 10, 2010. I miss her. We were friends and at one time and were very close.…
Keep readingSt. Aloysius Catholic School
For almost eight years I attended St. Aloysius Catholic School until we moved to Baltimore Maryland in the middle of the eighth grade. The next…
Keep readingChildhood Memories
What I thought I would write here are the small points of time, my memories, in my childhood, as I reflect on my life lived…
Keep readingWords of Praise for Christine
Christine Louise Henry December 10, 1950 – June 20, 2014 From the Book of Ruth, Chapter 2, verse 12 A blessing for my sister Christine:…
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Yesterday my sister Christine suffered a heart attack. Today she underwent quadruple bypass surgery. I have been so scared. So far she is doing okay.…
Keep readingMarie Rose Pusateri – rest in peace
Saturday, March 29th, 2014 my aunt Mary passed from this life to an eternal life that we can only dream about. She will be missed…
Keep readingAn Unexpected Gift – Memories of Mom
This morning I decided to search on the internet for the community of nuns who raised my mom in the Charleston Foundling Home. I found…
Keep readingIt’s about Love
After writing two long letters to my dad about what happened during that last year of his life, I started thinking that my questions and…
Keep readingA death in Mom’s Family
Life is so strange. I received a phone call yesterday to tell me that a cousin has passed away – Linda Mellard. Linda was just…
Keep readingCollected Works of St Teresa of Avila
I began reading a book in the Adoration Chapel which Karen lent to me – Volume 1 of the Collected Works of Teresa of Avila.…
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Reflections on my Journey 