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Beyond the Thin Veil

Today, I went to a Mass to celebrate the beautiful life of a music director peer and friend of mine. It was an uplifting moment to stand alongside of so many former choir members and musicians who came to pay their respects, filling the Church where we minister/ed. Collectively, we, both, have ministered music at ourContinue reading “Beyond the Thin Veil”

“A Prayer for My Younger Older Looking Brother”

Praying for my dear younger, older looking brother,Tim, who has been a pastoral care director 34 years, has volunteered putting together and spear-heading Counseling for the Disaster Care Relief  or the Red Cross beginning  at 9/11, Katrina Hurricane, Samoa, and  MCEO of Providence Hospitals in the Pacific Northwest and in CA for 31yrs. With theContinue reading ““A Prayer for My Younger Older Looking Brother””

Raindrops💦& A few Packs of Seeds!

There is something about getting one’s hands in soil after a good down pour. Seeing a saturated garden turning the dry tan dirt into a rich black soil, as it drinks in the rain. Today, I enjoyed digging into the black nutrient dense earth, unearthing plump worms watching them move deeper into the soil,  IContinue reading “Raindrops💦& A few Packs of Seeds!”

Day Light Savings Time

When I was young, I thought daylight savings gave us more time to play outside with my friends in the neighborhood. When we began our family, I looked at daylight savings time as a way for me to get more house chores done in between nursing babies, piles of laundry, baseball games, choir rehearsals, andContinue reading “Day Light Savings Time”

A Beautiful Moment

Our A Little Joyful Noise Ensemble was called back together to sing one of our own member’s home. It was bitter sweet, even though it had been five months since we ministered together, we came together as if we had never stopped. God is so good and blessed everyone with  time to help and anointedContinue reading “A Beautiful Moment”

Message & Prayer for 2025

Message for this New Year: ‘PRAY PREP & BE PEACEFUL”❤ First heard By Patari from Appalachia’s Homestead on her YouTube Channel on December 30, 2024 @ 2:40am PST: My Prayer upon hearing that message: Pray for all!Prep for what we can!Be Peaceful thru Christ Who is our only consistent Source of all we need!Amen 🙏Continue reading “Message & Prayer for 2025”

Christmas Eve 2024 Psalm 89 🎶

A little late in posting because I wanted to focus on being in the present moment. May blessings surround you, my your heart be filled with the Peace and Joy this season of celebrating our Lord and Savior’s Birth these next ten (10) days to the Epiphany, when yet another miracle happened to protect HimContinue reading “Christmas Eve 2024 Psalm 89 🎶”

“A Christmas Book Release”

My clever granddaughters 13 and 11 came together to compile a book about their two uncles, my youngest two sons, who collaborated and shared with their nieces, the escapades they found themselves getting it as they grew up being homeschooled.This is a zany book compiling the adventures of two clever boys, who kept under wrapsContinue reading ““A Christmas Book Release””

Ready For Christmas/ Not!

I have to share. Back in July 2024, I was sharing with my daughter how grateful I was to have finished my homemade gifts for Christmas gift-giving. Fast-forward to last week.I kept putting off finding the boxes and finishing touches I needed before the items would be ready to send off. Four and a halfContinue reading “Ready For Christmas/ Not!”