Peace Garden Mama II

A garden blend of family, faith and following the muse

Archive for December, 2009


   Dec 30

writing wednesdays: favorite posts from 2009

"These are a few of my fa-vor-ite things posts…" I’ll be gone the rest of the week, attempting a "botched Christmas re-do" with the family, so thought it might be fun to select a favorite post from each month of the year and share them all in one tidy spot. You can linger a while [...]

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   Dec 28

boyd christenson reunites with spiritual family

[Scanned from The Forum of Fargo-Moorhead's Sunday paper, 12-27-09] Today, I sang with a group of musicians at the funeral services of a man I came to know best through my friend Laura. Though Boyd Christenson has been a household name in Fargo for years due to his memorable career in television and radio broadcasting, [...]

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   Dec 27

mama mondays: favorite gift 2009

Kid quote (overheard at lunch today as the kids discussed why summer sausage is so named): Adam, 7: "Maybe it’s cuz it’s made in the summertime." Nick, 4: "I know. Maybe it’s cuz it’s got somersault in it!"   Favorite gift 2009 I looked at the two brown boxes under the Christmas tree with a [...]

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   Dec 26

two shovels and a snowplow

Typically, our cul-de-sac is not a neighborhood gathering spot until spring, when everyone begins coming out of the woodwork again. "Hey!" we yell to one another from across the way, showing that we are real, that the houses we’ve driven near and by all winter, as well as our own, really did contain people within [...]

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   Dec 25

faith fridays: christmas 2009 -the ups and downs of it

"Roasted marshmallows anyone?"   Christmas 2009 – The Ups and Downs of It Well, as with life in general, Christmas 2009 has brought some unexpected surprises — some more welcomed than others. As people of faith, we watch with delight as our blessings rise to the top, even among the splatterings of disappointment that have [...]

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   Dec 22

writing wednesdays: settling down for a long winter’s nap

Yes indeed, it’s time for a long winter’s nap, is it not? (A Christmas shout-out to my dear mother-in-law, Bev, who shared this photo with me through email recently.) I know that many of you readers are getting ready to travel, are already on the road or are hunkering down with your families and/or friends [...]

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   Dec 20

mama mondays: a phone date with donna-marie (and other bullet points)

          I’m posting a bit early, since tomorrow will be filled to the brim with activity. After the five-kid, mad-dash drop-off in the morning, I’ll be heading over to the Real Presence Radio station to co-host with Tanya Watterud on "Real Presence Radio Live." During the final half-hour time slot at 10:30 a.m. [...]

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   Dec 19

soulful saturdays: dropping a big load (the exhilaration of giving)

I sensed right away that something was different during after-school pickup yesterday. The first clue: six strapping eighth-graders running wildly from the middle school toward a vehicle in the parking lot. Out from the vehicle’s window, a gigantic box of diapers was being thrust. That’s right, it’s the last day of the Diaper Derby. I’d [...]

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   Dec 17

faith fridays: there IS something about mary

Hail Mary, full of grace, the Lord is with you. Blessed are you among women, and blessed is the fruit of your womb, Jesus. Holy Mary, mother of God, pray for us sinners Now and at the hour of our death. Amen.   I’ve always been drawn to Mary, mother of Jesus, mother of God, [...]

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   Dec 17

fourteen

Fourteen Fourteen Firstborn Overgrown bangs Unusually understated Rarely ruffled (in public) Terrifically techno-savvy Enviable eyelashes Enjoys a good joke Necessarily nonchalant  

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