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This Man, this Massive Mound of Flesh, Said to Come and Say Goodbye Before I Left & Years Before He was Born, When the Time Came for Another to Leave, for Us to Say Goodbye, I held Him Gently and Close

This Man, this Massive Mound of Flesh, Said to Come and Say Goodbye Before I Left & Years Before He was Born, When the Time Came for Another to Leave, for Us to Say Goodbye, I held Him Gently and Close

May 24, 2025 | ,

This Man, this Massive Mound of Flesh, Said to Come and Say Goodbye Before I Left & Years Before He was Born, When the Time Came for Another to Leave, for Us to Say Goodbye, I held Him Gently and Close *** ... he said to come and say goodbye before I left. I knocked softly twice and opened the...

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The Church’s Tall Tower & the Angelus Noontime Prayer & Easter, When I Was Twelve & What the Lord Gave Me to Understand, When He Stopped My Steps, as I Was About to Leave the Empty Church

The Church’s Tall Tower & the Angelus Noontime Prayer & Easter, When I Was Twelve & What the Lord Gave Me to Understand, When He Stopped My Steps, as I Was About to Leave the Empty Church

Apr 26, 2025 | ,

The Church's Tall Tower & the Angelus Noontime Prayer & Easter, When I Was Twelve & What the Lord Gave Me to Understand, When He Stopped My Steps, as I Was About to Leave the Empty Church *** Saint Ferdinand's Catholic Church in San Fernando, CA. was my family’s parish church, and the...

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Los Angeles Fires & Emails with Friends in Ukraine – “When I Looked at the Photos of the Burned Houses in Your City, it Reminded Me … of Those Places and Cities in Ukraine that Were Destroyed After Enemy Shelling” – “Пожежі в Лос-Анджелесі та листування з друзями в Україні – “Коли я подивилася на фотографії спалених будинків у вашому місті, мені це нагадало… тих місць і міст України, які були зруйновані після ворожих обстрілів”

Los Angeles Fires & Emails with Friends in Ukraine – “When I Looked at the Photos of the Burned Houses in Your City, it Reminded Me … of Those Places and Cities in Ukraine that Were Destroyed After Enemy Shelling” – “Пожежі в Лос-Анджелесі та листування з друзями в Україні – “Коли я подивилася на фотографії спалених будинків у вашому місті, мені це нагадало… тих місць і міст України, які були зруйновані після ворожих обстрілів”

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Los Angeles Fires & Emails with Friends in Ukraine – “When I Looked at the Photos of the Burned Houses in Your City, it Reminded Me … of Those Places and Cities in Ukraine that Were Destroyed After Enemy Shelling” - "Пожежі в Лос-Анджелесі та листування з друзями в Україні - "Коли я подивилася...

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Civil War Bullets & My Mom’s Sewing Thimbles in the Curio Box from Hallmark upon the Wall

Civil War Bullets & My Mom’s Sewing Thimbles in the Curio Box from Hallmark upon the Wall

Jul 30, 2024 | , , ,

Civil War Bullets & My Mom’s Sewing Thimbles in the Curio Box from Hallmark upon the Wall Among all the thimbles and the other little treasures and souvenirs within the wooden curio box from Hallmark, there are three bullets, souvenirs of a visit to one of at the seven American Civil War...

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“Ecce Homo” – “Behold the Man”

“Ecce Homo” – “Behold the Man”

May 19, 2024 |

“Ecce Homo” – “Behold the Man” *** John 19:5 Jesus then came out, wearing the crown of thorns and the purple robe.  Pilate said to them, “Behold, the Man!” *** I bought this medal of sterling silver when I was a junior in high school, at the San Fernando Mission gift shop, as a gift...

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A Long Lament that I Wrote in the Cemetery, as Thanksgiving Approached, as I Sat in the Shade of a Tree near the Grave of my Parents, Turned into a Hymn of Praise and Thanksgiving when the Lord Bade Me to be Still. 

A Long Lament that I Wrote in the Cemetery, as Thanksgiving Approached, as I Sat in the Shade of a Tree near the Grave of my Parents, Turned into a Hymn of Praise and Thanksgiving when the Lord Bade Me to be Still. 

Jan 16, 2024 | , ,

A Long Lament that I Wrote in the Cemetery, as Thanksgiving Approached, as I Sat in the Shade of a Tree near the Grave of my Parents, Turned into a Hymn of Praise and Thanksgiving when the Lord Bade Me to be Still.  Last year, as Thanksgiving approached, I went to the cemetery and sat in the...

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