PART 3 Over The River And Up The Hill To Dublin We Will Go Catholic Bible…The Book of Wisdom Ch.6 13-17Stay away from your enemies, and be on guard with your friends. Faithful Friends are a sturdy shelter; whoever finds one, finds a treasure. Faithful Friends are beyond price; no amount can balance their worth. Faithful Friends are life-saving medicine; Those who fear the Lord enjoy stable friendship, for as they are, so will their neighbors be. May, 2006… it’s Friday night. Dad is milking…time to call Gracie. It’s spring! Tom is busy…
PART 2 The Catholic Fressing: May 17,2003 And Other Zanies For your info: Dutch interpretation: The word Fressing means pigging out, or eating way too much. The word goxing means gossiping or playfully speaking. Before Vatican II, Catholicism was filled with rules. We didn’t eat meat on Fridays. I’m Bored!!!!! Living in a household of all men, can make the single woman feel unappreciated and often CRA!CRA!! When there’s a family vote over any issue, I usually lose…talk about feeling invisible! It’s mid May, all of the crops should be planted by now…
PART 1 God Created A Monster: Halloween 2002 Prequil: My Best Friend….Linda Grace….. for years we dealt with workaholic husbands. My husband milked cows for 43 years, caring for his family and building a Century Farm. Gracie’s husband worked late hours at Honda. It’s a necessity of life for all women to have friends they can rely upon. Women need other women. The best way to stop feeling sorry for yourself, is to get a friend and become creative….. AND SO WE DID! Purple and pink wings, green antennae, six legs, and a tiny red body with…
It was a Friday night, during Lent, in 2004. Both of our husbands were working, as usual. It was time for a Girlfriend Adventure. When your mothers of boys and wives of 2 workaholic men, Girlfriend Time is essential. Now before I begin my story, I must explain many meanings contained within this picture. Extravagant Grace and Fearless Faith ,are the names that God endowed to us, during our spiritual journey. She’s wearing Ladybug slippers because she is God’s precious One…like a Ladybug. That entire story will be explained within my book, The Erstwhile Acorn . That…
Twice in one week! Are you kidding me? Farmer Thomas….get a drift will Ya? LOLOL! I just loved it, when the black and white moo moos used to initiate all types of exercise for this farmwife/teacher. Farmer Thomas used to say, “I don’t want to teach you how to milk. If I did, I might expect you to engage in this festivity.” My answer was always a cute one.” I’ll milk, once you get busy in my classroom.” You guessed it ! I never milked. He never got involved in my profession. You’ve already been informed…