Category: gratefulness
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Goodbye, LA!
I got home yesterday from this year’s LA Congress and I have such a thankful heart! Thank you to all those who made my workshops experiences of love and joy in the Lord. We did have a good time, didn’t we? Thank you to those who came by my book signing and said such nice…
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All Classmates Get a Valentine or Else!
Do you remember being a kid in school and working hard to get all your Valentine’s done for every last person in your class? Some schools didn’t enforce a policy that you needed to bring one for every fellow student. Then you might have been left wondering who would get the most tiny paper drugstore…
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There She Goes
When you are a writer you often turn to the process of writing to work through difficult emotions and fears. For me, this is one of those times. My only daughter is off to college tomorrow. I am sitting in my office and I am feeling lost. She is not my only child nor my…
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Ask The Beasts
My dog, Mattie, just cannot get close enough to human beings. It really doesn’t matter who it is, she’s never met a stranger. If you sit in a chair and give her any indication that you’d like for her to come over, you’ve pretty much opened yourself up to the gradual progression from pat on the…
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This Day Will Never Come Again
Life was not always easy with my father when I was growing up. Let’s just say he made many decisions along the way that led to fear, anger, and sadness for my family and me. Unfortunately, I was the only one in the family that would years later truly forgive him for his actions. My…
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In Awe of Creation
An Everyday Stewardship Reflection for 12th Sunday in Ordinary Time 2017 When I was a teenager, one year after a Homecoming dance I took my date for a walk on the Potomac in Downtown Alexandria. The moon was out and I was struck by how the light shimmered on the water. I remember focusing to…
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The Gift of Faith
by The Main Thing Blog friend, Teresa Keogh This week work has brought me to Palermo, Sicily. I needed to leave home at 4.30am on Thursday to get to London Heathrow to check in. In the departure lounge there were seats that said ‘Re-charge here’ – of course, the sign referred to cell phones, but…
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The Best Gift Giver
An Everyday Stewardship Reflection for Second Sunday of Advent 2016 My youngest child is going through Confirmation preparation this year. It is always quite a challenge to get through to a teenager about the importance of the gifts and fruits of the Spirit. You can’t see and touch these things, but they are more valuable…
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The Time is Now for Thanks!
An Everyday Stewardship Reflection for Thanksgiving Day 2016 Pope Francis said in a 2013 homily, “If families can say these three things, they will be fine. ‘Sorry.’ ‘Excuse me.’ ‘Thank you.’ How often do we say ‘thank you’ in our families? How often do we say ‘thank you’ to those who help us, those close…
Tracy Earl Welliver 