I’m thankful to all of the people who are wanting to help with my secret surprise for Mark’s squadron. I’m thankful for a GREAT day and relaxed day at school hanging out with the boys while they worked on their […]
I’m thankful to all of the people who are wanting to help with my secret surprise for Mark’s squadron. I’m thankful for a GREAT day and relaxed day at school hanging out with the boys while they worked on their […]
So today was an interesting Veteran’s Day. My perspective on everything about the day has changed completely because of Mark’s deployment. When I woke up, I had this message from Mark on my Facebook wall: “While I certainly appreciate the […]
So today was a busy and emotionally draining day. I had to go to St. Mary’s to get my picture taken for the yearbook today. (It was actually really funny, too…the photographer had to fix my hair, my sweater…I had […]
So I don’t know how I have lived in St. Louis for so many years, had siblings that went to DuBourg High School, had a friend who worked at St. Mary’s and a dad who went there, but this year […]
So everyone always says girls are so silly and chatty, but after four weeks of teaching the boys solo, I have to say they are just as goofy. I have to remind them to be quiet far more than I […]
My sister Mary Pat is right. Life is 10 percent what happens to you and 90 percent how you react to it. Life is too short to hold grudges. I’m really proud of myself for how much I have been […]
For whatever reason, it’s been a hard week. I think it’s a combination of things. I have tons of work that piled up while I was in Europe. Everyone is pregnant again or having babies. I have surgery in a […]
First, can I tell you how nice it was to be on retreat and to NOT plan it? It was incredible. I loved not having any responsibility. And I came away really enjoying the St. Mary’s faculty even more. I […]
So this last week has been a mix of great and awful, with very little in between. What’s dwelling on my mind right now is the awful: how my sister and I who had been getting along so well had […]
Well, we’re at a few halfway points. Mark has been in Iraq for more than 100 days, and by the time I get back from Europe at the end of the month, he’ll be home in 100 days for his […]