Tag: #family

10.22.2023

30 clear WNW@3mph SR0720 SS1801

Morning Offering given

B&B in Lanark peaceful “Strength comes from rest”

Happy Birthday to my son-in-love Kyle

Happy 1st Anniversary to Kyle & Amy… wow!

Day @10 of Intermittent Fasting… let us just say everything I consumed was eatten during my eating time-frame. Oh and coffee was substitued 6 times for the water. But, this morning I don’t feel worse for wear and I was sensible.

Coffee dripping… fairly good tasting too!

Wonderful time yesterday at the Lutefisk/Lefse dinner in Northland. So good to spend time with family Jean/Judy/Nancy/Patsy. Supper with Jean/Terry topped off the day. Was amazed at how many memories came forward on the drive to Northland. The farm looked wonderful. The big rock wasn’t there and the gully at the end of the sledding hill didn’t seem so deep. No stick horses tied up could be found anywhere but in my mind and the conversations with family. My favorite house ever still stands. Funny the dreams of childhood: revisited still bring the feeling of belonging. I have not been in this area for years and that feeling is still there. Today I will drive by G’pa Jim’s before I leave. I’m sure the memories of mules and horses will emerge. Vists to two cemeteries are on the list as well church attendance in the place of my baptism. Then home to where I belong now. Thank you’s to Patsy for putting this video together and to George for posting. Was good to see so many old faces and surprising to remember some of them.

WTG Governor Sarah Huckabee Sanders and others in Arkansas for talking the steps needed to get hostile countries holding land out of her state. May the 49 other states follow.

My meditation for today is focused on “Forgive us our debts” from the Lord’s Prayer
We’ve already asked God to give us what we need to sustain us daily. Now we are asking him to forgive our debts. We owe God everything right down to the crook in our little finger. He is the only one who can rescue us from the world/from ourselves. Antonio Cardinal Bacci addresses this in his book Meditations For Each Day. Bacci makes one look deep into their being and recognize what was, what should have been, and what could be, if only we are willing to turn ourselves wholly to God and give him the reins to drive. Personally, I fail daily at giving up the driver’s seat. Daily I start again.

Know you are prayed for.

10.09.2023

36⁰ F NW@14mph SR0704 SS1824

Morning Offering given

Frost advisory on the lake

My time here on Buffalo Lake comes to an end this morning.  This time with my friend S has been so relaxing.  Mass at the local Catholic church and time at the National Shrine of St. Philomena uplifting.  I am blessed and have been blessed to be able to spend a weekend like this with other Catholic moms.  I smile as many of us are empty nest moms moving into our next stage of life, knowing full well the waters are uncharted.  Some things we always thought would be suddenly nowhere in the future.

I look to Our Lady and the stages in her life as a mother.  Most fraught with hard work and sadness. She kept going forward. Making her way, keeping her eyes on Jesus.  May that always be my choice as well… keeping my eyes on Jesus.

Know you are prayed for.

Buffalo Lake Montello, WI

The Stapletons

https://www.facebook.com/stapletonsmusic

https://youtube.com/channel/UCG929HIJ0amcfNh2VWyj6eQ?si=6jVSFdBH9yI7EqDZ

Are playing at Havenwood Event Center rural Sparta.

Tues Sept 26th 5-9 PM

$15/single

$25/ family

To promote their new video regarding biological mothers who place their child for adoption.

Join them… Kate is from Middle Ridge.

This is an excellent time to hear the rest of the story of how biological mothers navigate the process and give a donation to further support the adoption process.

08.01.2023

52⁰F overcast s@6mph SR0548 SS2035

Morning Offering given

Hayward is waking

No coffee

The man sleeps

We head home today after enjoying a much needed time away.

The shrines we visited were worth the drive. St Kateri was a favorite of my F-i-l and is also dd#1’s confirmation saint. However, at the time Kateri was blessed, permission was needed. St. Odilia is the patroness of eye issues. Our dd#4 and our niece I were laid before her to take to Jesus.

These two shrines are very small, are located in out of the way places, and were unknown to us until about a month ago. Well worth the drive.

Prayer for the Crosier Order they are aging out. May God bring them young men to be priests & brothers.

Know you are prayed for.