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Michelle Martin
October 02, 2024
Wait ’til …
I started this baseball season in Arizona, sitting on a grassy hill in bright sunshine when everything was possible.
September 12, 2024
Perchance to dream
Sleep gets a bad rap. People who sleep a lot are seen as lazy, not on the ball, not willing or able to work hard. Even in the Gospels, we get the sleeping bridesmaids not ready for the groom’s arrival, and then the sleeping disciples in the garden of Gethsemane.
August 29, 2024
Remember, remember
What’s your favorite memory aid? Do you have a paper calendar on the kitchen wall, maybe one from your parish with a funeral home ad on the bottom?
August 15, 2024
Back to school
When I was a child, back-to-school was one of my favorite times of the year. So was getting out of school for the summer — I wasn’t that unusual — but something about getting new notebooks and pens, getting to pick out folders with cute or cool pictures on them, to go with new crayons, erasers, paper and glue made me happy. New school supplies just had a different smell than the old, used up grubby ones.
July 31, 2024
Too many leftovers
The feeding of the multitude has always been one of my favorite Gospel readings. It’s a familiar story, the only miracle aside from the Resurrection that is included in all four Gospels, with, of course, some variations.
July 02, 2024
Rainy days
I want to like rainy days. I want to enjoy the patter of drops on the roof, or even better on the leaves outside while sitting on the porch and watching the water fall from the sky.
June 13, 2024
Better things
Our youngest child graduated from eight grade this year. She has the distinction of being the only one of our three who attended the same elementary school from her first day of pre-K until she walked out, diploma in hand.
May 29, 2024
Feeding the multitudes
We’ve been having the siding on our house replaced over the past week, and it’s not done yet. Apologies to our neighbors for the noise, but what the company estimated to be a three-day job will be entering day 7 tomorrow, with a crew of usually six men arriving shortly after 8 a.m. and working until about 4 p.m., measuring, cutting and installing materials.
May 15, 2024
God knows
Did you ever have a day where you had everything lined up just right? Kids up and out the door on schedule, dog walked, breakfast eaten, lunch packed? A busy schedule, but one with enough time to get from point A to point B, and maybe a little extra to stop for the pick-up order at Target? Great, right?
May 01, 2024
Habit forming
I slept later than I meant to today, and when I did get up, I was facing a full slate of Things That Must Be Done.
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