O Lord and Master of my life! Take from me the spirit of sloth, faint-heartedness, lust of power, and idle talk. But give rather the spirit of chastity, humility, patience, and love to thy servant. Yea, O Lord and King! Grant me to see my own errors and not to judge my brother; For Thou art blessed unto ages of ages.



Amen



Showing posts with label Act of Kindness. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Act of Kindness. Show all posts

Wednesday, February 15, 2012

Finding love in the day

Did you know it was the feast of St. Valentine yesterday?  It kinda snuck up on me, rather like a cold.  Not that I don't enjoy the hearts, the reds and pinks, or the expression of love.  I totally do.  But, I hadn't prepared and I've been in a disconnected kind of place lately. 

Oh I'm not throwing a bah-hum-bug party, don't worry.  But celebrating lovely feast days and cool holidays is my kinda thing.  So, when I awoke to my kids making the heart shaped pancakes with beds made-chores done; when it's usually me raising them up from their sleep with the aroma of heavenly pancakes in some sort of heart shaped form (oh the violins are loud in the background), I knew I my head was in too many places and NOT at home.  

The breakfast was lovely and appreciated!  A momma needs some TLC too.  My visit to put steel on my teeth, and the thought of having to live with them for oh the next 2 years, was not as appreciated. Note, there will be less pictures of me on this blog for quite a while ;-).

Once I energized with a yummy green smoothie though, I gathered myself together.  The supplies were brought out, the computer became our ever loyal friend and we started crafting.

Max created
pencil holders using Lacy's down loadable cards!  Thank you Lacy for sharing!

Cecilia chose to express her love with some bling.
Several priceless jewels tucked away in her pouch for safe delivery.

Rose chose to write 3 very special cards
She decorated them as she wanted, writing a personal note to her recipients.

Lucy, as the big kid opted to use this image of St. Valentine
Making individually decorated Holy Cards to pass along to her cousins.

When the Lineman came home from work, he accepted my prompting to take the kids to deliver their love notes.  This would give me the time to cook, bake and decorate for a
St. Valentine's Dinner
The Lineman showed up with pretty white roses, several a bottle of wine, and my favorite dessert...FLAN...it was super good!

What started as a unprepared day,
ended exactly as it was meant too!

May God's unending love be forever appreciated! 

Wednesday, November 3, 2010

How ever can I express my gratitude

My heart is full from the many acts of kindness that has been given to myself and my family.  From my loved ones around me to so many that I haven't even met.  I have been left speechless.

Thank you, thank you, thank you! 
Thank you for your prayers.  They have been a source of comfort and I am humbled by them all.  Thank you for sharing your stories with me,
thank you for offering to share a bit of you with me.

God is so very good to me!
In this tragedy I see clearly the gifts I have,
my marriage,
my children,
my loved ones,
my life!

We have given our baby the name

Maximiliano Santiago

We will always remember him.

Thanks to Jessica, for her thoughtfulness!!  You all will be in my prayers and I will be forever grateful to each of you.

(photo credit: Shelly)

Wednesday, September 22, 2010

Tea Time and a prayer

"Let us see life as it really is...
It is a moment between two eternities..."
~ St. Thérèse
 
 
We started our novena after our school work was done.  And since it was "tea time", we set the table and began.


 




I didn't have roses on hand but,
my Rose brought me a little flower anyway

Tuesday, August 17, 2010

Prayer Request

If you come across this post, please link to Charolotte's blog for a very special request!

The link is here:  Thank You for Your Generosity

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