on…the way

“They are things I whisper in your ear

– confiding them –

as a friend, as a brother, as a father…

so that some thought will arise and strike you;

and so you will better your life

and set out along ways of

prayer and of Love.”

As written by, Msgr. Josemaria Escriva

As I mentioned a few days ago

God led me down the garden path of “growth” recently.

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(white-flag strategy) countdown!

54 days ago I wrote a post inviting you on a 63 day journey with me!

A wonderful 7 week journey of prayer!

And I can hardly believe we are only 9 days away from its completion!!!!

So far, (if you have been one of my prayer companions,) we have prayed The Surrender Novena 5 times together, completing the 6th one today.

Which means tomorrow begins our 7th and final Surrender Novena together, ending on Election Day, November 3rd.

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unpacking

The Tailgater! Circa 2008-2014

Cuppycake and I enjoy traveling together.

No matter car, plane, or train it’s all about the journey….

or is it the destination in the end?

(Nobody ever seems to remember!)

“It is good to have an end to journey toward; but it is the journey that matters, in the end.” Ursula K. Le Guin

This quote was first painted above our fireplace mantle in our home in 1997, then followed us to our current home in 2014 where it remains today.

My children often tease that it shall be woven into my eulogy one day – mostly because despite having seen this quote the majority of their lives they still continue to mis-quote it.

Which they deliberately know drives me crazy, giggles.

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