Habit Forming – now with patterns!

30Nov10

I am often found with knitting needles in my hands these days.  That is, if I’m not in lab or eating, of course. Someone wanted to see pictures of what else I’ve made lately…so here they are! I’m getting good at hats.  Here’s another one I made: You can find the pattern for the hat [...]

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Only say the word

29Nov10

Yesterday marked the start of Advent, the period of preparation preceding the Christmas and the birth of Christ.  We wait in preparation of what glory is to come.  I’ve been waiting to wait for this.  Does that make sense?  It seems that waiting is my natural state these days, so it only seems natural that [...]

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Día de Gracias – en Mexico

26Nov10

I told my husband a few weeks ago that the first time we don’t spend a major (read, Thanksgiving or Christmas) holiday with our families, we’ll be officially “adults”.  I guess we’re adults now, since we spent this Thanksgiving here in Mexico celebrating with our new ex-pat friends.  Some things that made this experience unique: [...]

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What does your Catholic world look like?

24Nov10

Sometimes I find that reading blogs is a bit like opening up a random book to the 9th chapter and trying to understand what the story is about.  Oftentimes, if I don’t know who the writer is, what their faith formation is like, what they’re about, then their blog will have no context and I’ll [...]

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Confidence and Fertility…and how I lack both

18Nov10

So I tried not to mention fertility when I wrote that last post on humility and self-confidence, but you all had to know that it was lurking back there somewhere.  Its always lurking back there somewhere. I had some really good suggestions and comments from people but the one that struck me was the one [...]

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The other thing I miss about Mexico

17Nov10

I get to visit the hubby in a few days (SO EXCITED) and I must admit one of the other things I’m really looking forward to is the guayaba juice.  Don’t worry though, as much as I love this juice, it definitely ranks in at a far second on the list of “things I miss [...]

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Humility vs. Self-Confidence

15Nov10

I find that the humility/self-confidence line is a hard one to straddle.  I have been taught that to have both characteristics is virtuous, but the reality of balancing the two is frustrating.  Does humility prevent self-confidence?  Or does self-confidence automatically prohibit humility?  Maybe I merely use humility as an excuse to not be over-confident? Does [...]

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A series of moments

09Nov10

“Just take it one day at a time.” I’m at such a stage in the grieving process where I realize that I’m young and healthy enough to reasonably convince myself on a good day that if I want to pursue parenthood I will at some point eventually be able to get there.  Maybe biologically, but [...]

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Take 7 – Gratitude

05Nov10

Theme:  Things I’m thankful for 111111111111111111111111111111111111111111111111111111111 Gracious friends who let me live with them for my extended time back here in Texas with absolutely no strings attached.  Friends like that are hard to find. 22222222222222222222222222222222222222222222222222 Cold(er) weather.  Makes me appreciate the Houston summer heat and humidity more. 33333333333333333333333333333333333333333333333333 Money that allows me to visit my [...]

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My small miracle

02Nov10

I was walking back to my car last night after a self-induced sucker punch from Facebook and I was counting my blessings that it was dark so other people couldn’t see the tears running down my cheeks, softly but uncontrolled.  I should do more things at night, I thought, since its easier to hide my [...]

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