I met James, Susan, and Mom at Sacred Heart Church. I was lector for the first Sunday of Advent. We came back, ate lunch, and worked on going through piles of papers on Mombo’s desk. I stopped by Jay’s in the a.m. to have him check the tire from yesterday. No major damage but he […]

Below you will find an update on little Anthony, a baby my friends and I have been praying for. He has a heart malfunction. His parents are both in the military and are both pilots. His dad was supposed to be deployed to Afghanistan after Anthony was born, but since he was so critical, they […]

Mombo and I started the day together at Sacred Heart Church where Fr. Pat Dolan said one of his instructional Masses. Afterward James and Susan took Mombo home so that I could go to Danville and meet Jerry at the breakfast bar at Shoney’s. We caught up with conversation and then went to the Peddler’s […]

Marion County is on a big campaign to send a semi-truck load full of peanut butter to Haiti. They have a minister there whose parents are currently missionaries there. So I put the word out to the Clan, and over the past few days we have collected over 33 pounds of peanut butter!! This is […]

For the people of Haiti, we pray to the Lord. . . .Lord, hear our prayer.

Oh Christmas Eve, Oh Christmas Eve, how lovely are thy memories! Busy and beautiful day. Caitlan was out early to join Kyle’s family for ice skating. Brendan, Kara, Ian and I headed into Richmond where Ian did his characteristically last minute shopping while the rest of us braved Krogers for the Christmas Day snack buffet. […]

A very relaxing and pleasant day. Nancy and Mor-mor dropped me off at Sacred Heart Church at 9 a.m., and they went on to their service. Then we came back and had a delicious brunch of bacon, zucchini bread and cheese omelettes. Our project for the day was to change light bulbs in the traqck […]

Praise the blessed Savior of us all! He lives! He has risen! Alleluia! It was a beautiful spring day in the Valley. We attended the Easter Sunday service at Sacred Heart Church in Liberty and tried to squeeze the whole Clan into three seats. It did not work. The House of Jay sat elsewhere. It […]

The thing about being without electricity at Kelley Ridge was that I was thankful–thankful that I was trapped there and not somewhere else. Being there, I could burn wood and keep the house warm. This kept my pipes from freezing. Having experienced a burst pipe and a flood coming from my second floor all the […]

praying today and every day for the protection of Barack Obama and his family, for the wisdom of the Holy Spirit to come upon him, and that his association with Pastor Rick Warren might soften his heart to consider the rights of unborn children.