An Unanswerable Question
Today my six-year-old was crying for her cat, missing since the fire. And she asked me, “Why did God let this happen?” All I could say was the truth: “I don’t know. That’s one of the things that we won’t understand until we...
Songs of Innocence and of Experience
When I was in college, I opted to pursue an Honors degree in English. Part of the requirement for this was to write a sort of mini-thesis that incorporated some concept that one could trace through several different works and then defend before two professors and a...
What Really Makes a Writer?
I was a “writer” long before I could put pen to paper to form legible words. I remember dictating stories to my mother when I was about four, and illustrating them afterwards. “The Girl with the Hat” was my first composition; I believe my...
What is Fair?
So the other day a friend posted this link on Facebook and I thought it was really interesting. It was a talk about some of the differences between liberals and conservatives, and one of the differences was what value each group places on fairness. I was telling John...
Lifelong Marriage: Not for the Faint of Heart
The other day I was talking to my Aunt Joan and she mentioned that she and Uncle Jack will be married 60 years in December. “I think we’re going to last,” she said. She was only 16 when they married and conventional wisdom wouldn’t have given...
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What I like to remember on September 11.
September 11: Remember the Love | Life in Every Limb
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Everyone who’s old enough to remember has a 9/11 story. Mine is probably fairly typical of those of us with no personal connection to the events, and I’ve never written about it because it feels t...
And now the post you've all been waiting for--a belated review of 2022 in 12 pictures!
12 in 2022: A Year in Pictures | Life in Every Limb
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Ten years ago, I joined a link up to post 12 pictures, one for each month of the previous year. When that link up ended, I found another one. Now that one no longer exists, but I’m still doing this ...
It's an annual tradition, very late, and it's a great way to learn more about me and my blog.
2022 in Review: Your Favorites, My Favorites | Life in Every Limb
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I present to you an annual tradition that is happening later and later: the best/favorite posts from the prior year, as picked by you (my readers) and me. YOUR favorites are simply the posts that got ...
Is a faith nurtured primarily by media slanted in one direction or the other likely to bear good fruit, like humility and love, or rotten fruit, like pride and hatred?
By Their Fruits | Life in Every Limb
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“By their fruits you will know them,” we read in the Gospel. “ . . .[E]very good tree bears good fruit, and a rotten tree bears bad fruit. A good tree cannot bear bad fruit, nor can a rotten tre...
We are all called to evangelize but there are many ways to go about it!
A Tale of Three Evangelists | Life in Every Limb
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I have mentioned before that my favorite Gospel stories involve Peter, my favorite saint. I love Peter because he is relatable. He is human and makes mistakes, some bigger than others. Yet Jesus chose...
