Love says thank you 1,000 times (#’s 261-281)

May 9, 2011

I really heart taking notice of the moments of thankfulness in a day, a week – the habit of gratitude for which Ann Voskamp is responsible. And so today I am linking with her for… #261 … for things that bring “happy”, the kind that wells up from inside and bubbles over in a smile. […]

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Love has a fairy tale (chapter 3)

May 6, 2011

Sometimes you feel things. Love has intuition. There are dark clouds on the horizon before dawn today. The sky above is pre dawn blue. the horizon is gray – it has a gray feel to it. You can tell the clouds won’t give way to the Sun – not without a fight… and fighting clouds […]

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Love keeps an eye on the monkey braining

May 5, 2011

First – an apology –  I’ve monkey brained. Now let me explain. Monkey braining… It’s a psychological term. It explains how we begin a conversation about – let’s say – subject A. But by the end of the conversation we’ve not finished talking about subject A – but instead subject – say – Z. And […]

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Love and living and dying and living…

May 4, 2011

At 6PM Laska the love kitty was his bright, inquisitive, sparkling self. Then I put on the Hartz flea protection drops. Within minutes, he crouched low, awkwardly, and wouldn’t budge. At first I thought he was just unhappy with the goo. But it was much more. Ten minutes later he walked with all the uncertainty […]

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Love moves from mountaintop to valley, blink of an eye (pt4)

May 3, 2011

This morning Laska the love kitty was all out of sorts. We live in a one bedroom apartment now and he likes getting outside. He’s got a set of “walk” chronicles he’s currently working on for you guys. So, since we’re outside where nasty fleas and ticks live, I got some flea stuff. I bared […]

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Love says thank you 1000 times (#241-260)

May 2, 2011

#241 … that hearts of stone aren’t unredemptively unbreakable. #242 … that one which is hardened, even though it’s not stone, can be softened by Our Lord’s touch. #243 … that he takes hearts of stone, makes them flesh, writes his law on them, and there resides. #244 … that a self centered heart can […]

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Love considers the moon

April 29, 2011

source I look up and notice that it’s near pitch black outside, dawn hasn’t even begun to break. But the moon has risen – a sliver of a crescent in the east. The moon seems to be staring directly at the spot the sun will rise. I know you’re out there. I know you’re struggling. […]

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