Category: The Journey
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Keep representation!
When the church gives you something to feel and think about, it’s a valuable thing. Take for example, our visit to Saint Matthew the Apostle, our church yesterday. Due to the pandemic, we could not celebrate Christmas at our church as we would. But during our private baptism ceremony yesterday, I was reminded about why…
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Keep being light!
We baptized our baby boy today in church. It was a small ceremony but perfect for our baby. Our priest was a delight and made the ceremony a thing of pure joy. To welcome a child to the church is a big deal in my family. Covid may have derailed how we usually celebrate this…
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Keep being determined and confident!
Imagine getting a daily reminder or even a command to be determined and confident. Yesterday during my daily devotional, these words from the book of Joshua, Chapter 1v9 stirred something in me: ‘remember I have commanded you to be determined and confident.’ For background, Moses was dead and God asked Joshua to lead the people…
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Keep small beginnings in mind!
I love beginnings. They are often not sterling at first but when you look back they can be so brilliant. Like the beginning with my mother in-law. She celebrated her 76th birthday on Christmas mass eve. We celebrated it yesterday. As I took pictures of her, I reminisced a little of how we first met,…
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Keep simple
We kept things simple today. Kids woke early, took their bath and wore their Christmas pjs. We all wore our pjs. Since the pandemic, my middle son has been wearing only his pjs. It’s the only thing that makes sense to him since we were home all day anyways. I used to plead with him…
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Keep two men and a truck in mind with moving!
The idea of two men and a truck is simply stunning to me. The name, the concept, reminds me of the book Made to Stick, or why some ideas die while others survive. Two men and a truck is sticky because the concept is understandable, memorable, even effective with convincing every day people the 2…
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Keep believing in your dreams!
After 10 months of planning, my family and I moved to our new home yesterday. The start of the week was anxiety filled but by the time our two men and a truck helped move us from the old home to the new home, the anxiety I was feeling started to dissipate. In it’s place…
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Keep the magnificence of the universe in mind!
For the first time in 800 years, my kids and I saw Jupiter in close proximity to Saturn. If you know anything about my kids, my boys in particular, you would know how deep they love the planets. In fact, on two different occasions, for Halloween, they have both dressed up as Astronauts. If you…
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Keep wearing masks!
In the process of moving things around my house, I came across some masks in my collection. It got me thinking about today’s keep. I wear masks. Maybe for self-preservation, self-protection and out of an abundance of caution. But I wear masks. My innermost thoughts, of how I feel, how I act, how I even…
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Keep running your own race!
Homeschooling 2020 came to an end on Thursday/Friday. This keep is in praise of all the parents, grandparents, aunts, uncle and even friends of families that helped make it work. It’s also in praise of all children, their courage, resilience through this pandemic of a lifetime. Many may assume that because children are home that…
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Keep hope, even with the pandemic!
Yesterday, my husband, a frontline healthcare worker got his covid19 vaccination. I was elated, emotional and happy for him and all healthcare workers who risked their lives throughout the pandemic to save lives often at the expense of their own life. Just this fall, on two separate occasions, we had to go into quarantine due…
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Keep together!
My daughter’s class made mini Christmas trees for their teacher. When we got the assignment early on during the week, I must honestly say I felt that it was a waste of time. Alone, I had no idea about what she was doing, except that the instructions said, string two small pieces of wood together…
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