Tag: catholic family life
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Kingdom-Seeker
I stand in the kitchen; oil sizzles in the pan, dishes clink on the counter. He wraps his baby arms around my leg, chest and cheek pressing against knee and thigh. “I la loo, I la loo, Mommy.” I am his tree, rooted in his new soil. I lie on the floor; legs hover above…
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Peace
“Peace is not the absence of conflict, but the presence of God.” ~ a gift from my sister The baby sleeps; the kids play with ease; they imagine monsters, forget which of them is in charge, and create a land with milk and honey flowing. Peace is easy. The clashing comes with tears pouring and screams…
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The girls run through the damp grass
“…whoever eats, eats for the Lord, since he gives thanks to God…” ~ Romans 14: 6 The girls run through the damp grass in fuchsia, orange, yellow, and red-colored swimming suits, squealing with excitement and anxiety over big brother’s impending splash of water from the pistol, or the bucket. Little brother bounds up the soft slope,…
Amy Secrist 