Brutal reminders

Normally we don’t think about our own death, do we?  The Catholic Church encourages meditation on the four last things: death, judgement, Heaven, and hell.  But we often forget and think it is far away.  Then comes a brutal reminder of our mortality. Continue reading “Brutal reminders”

Expulsion

Sit back, Reader-land, it’s finally time to tell the story of my expulsion, and it’s a doozy. Continue reading “Expulsion”

Well, I was shocked.

Reader-land, this is a suggestion from Mel, no less, after a chat we had about some testing I had done.  It’s not often that Mel says, “let slip the dogs of war!” so I’m going to make the most of it!  Continue reading “Well, I was shocked.”

Biblical plagues and back-to-school

Well it’s that time.  We have all four in school starting next week, from eighth grade to preschool.  I love my kids and hate sending them off, in part because I hated school, and in part because I’m dying.

*Snif!* Continue reading “Biblical plagues and back-to-school”