Beyond Blue

I am publishing this from my archives today because I’m taking the day off! I was really moved by Larry’s blog entry on the holiday classic, which I try to watch each year, to remind me that, despite my illness, it still is a wonderful life. You can get to his original blog post by…

During the Christmas season I will be quoting from “A Classic Christmas,” a compilation of beautiful reflections, meditations, and scripture passages. I hope that these selections will help you to enter into this holy season and remember to rely on your faith as a guiding light. Joy to the world! The Lord is come. Let…

Fellow blogging buddy John McManamy has some great, simple holiday advice on his blog. Be sure to check out his witty insights at Knowledge Is Necessity. Among them:   Keep your expectations low. We tend to do the very opposite, then find ourselves dealing with the disappointment. You will be a lot better off if…

During the Christmas season I will be quoting from “A Classic Christmas,” a compilation of beautiful reflections, meditations, and scripture passages. I hope that these selections will help you to enter into this holy season and remember to rely on your faith as a guiding light. Do not be afraid; for see–I am bringing you…

During the Christmas season I will be quoting from “A Classic Christmas,” a compilation of beautiful reflections, meditations, and scripture passages. I hope that these selections will help you to enter into this holy season and remember to rely on your faith as a guiding light. Take time to be aware that in the very…

The winter solstice is actually the beginning of light. Yah!

It's been three years since I penned my first post. Thank you for all your encouragement and support.

During the Christmas season I will be quoting from “A Classic Christmas,” a compilation of beautiful reflections, meditations, and scripture passages. I hope that these selections will help you to enter into this holy season and remember to rely on your faith as a guiding light. I do come home at Christmas. We all do,…

One of the reasons that swimming is so helpful to my sanity is because I’m always meeting really interesting people that I wouldn’t meet if I didn’t venture outside my blogging and mom world. I swim with an incredibly accomplished poet named Grace Cavalieri. In fact, she was up for Poet Laureate of Maryland. Grace…

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