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“MAKE YOUR OWN SUNSHINE!” When I first heard this song on the by Robert Appere & Neil Sedaka on the radio in the Fall of September of 1976, I was just coming into my own at 15 and beginning to like who I was and looking forward to my second year of High School.  IContinue reading ““MAKE YOUR OWN SUNSHINE!””

So many emotions packed in a neat little box Kept safe and secure In the recesses of my heart. As this time rolls around Wonderful transformations remembered From summer to fall The changing of colors From Weather to time And even beyond in space Experiences with loved ones Who have gone on. Lots of memoriesContinue reading “This Fire From Within”

TREMBLE The first weekend back in eighteen (18) months, ministering music with the SFC A Little Joyful Noise (ALJN) Ensemble shouldn’t have been surprising the evil one threw everything he could think of to block our path back to leading our parish family in song. From fear and fire to forgotten equipment and sore throatsContinue reading “TREMBLE”

I was meditating on the lyrics of the song ” All are Welcome” a wonderful Catholic Composer/ Singer and Song writer and Outstanding Praise and Worship Evangelist, written by Jesse and Jennah Manibusan. The title alone says it all, “All Are Welcome.” Yet, Jesse and Jennah took it a step further ending the refrain withContinue reading “ALL ARE WELCOME!”

I do not believe we grasp the gift that has been planted within our very souls. I mean how can we as there is a presence in the world that consistently is geared to instill self-doubt in ourselves, from how we look, dress, walk, talk, where we live, who we associate with, what we doContinue reading “HIGH ABOVE OUR WAY”

Bread of Life The most baffling idea to me is the denial that God exists. The negating of Our Creator, a Creator, who every day shows us how much He loves us in so many ways. Just to look at how undeniably miraculous it is for any one of us to be conceived has meContinue reading “Bread of Life”

Psalm 12 thru 14 popped into my mind, and out of the many melodies I have learned over the years that uses these verses, I began singing the melody from Keith Green’s version. He was a Christian singer song writer from the 70’s, who was so inspirational to many young Christians, despite the trials inContinue reading “Create in Me a Clean Heart”

When my older children were young, a dear family came into our lives via my oldest son, who was being bullied in kindergarten because he happened to be the tallest in his class.He has a gentle soul like his Dad, a lover not a fighter.One day, my son was climbing up a very sturdy metalContinue reading “Make My Life a Prayer to You+”

“ONCE AN ANNIVERSARY, NOW A MEMORY OF HOPE!” Today, would have been our 36th Wedding Anniversary, and I marked the event by placing a red rose at your grave, visiting my parents and my baby sister’s graves as well with our oldest son, before kneeling in Adoration before the Lord, pouring out any sadness felt,Continue reading “ONCE AN ANNIVERSARY, NOW A MEMORY OF HOPE”