Tag: different gifts

• Dot-to-Dot Life

    Dot-to-Dot books were my absolute favorite activity books when I was a little girl – even better than coloring books – well, maybe my Red Ryder cowboy coloring book was the best of all – but other than that, dot-to-dot pages were my favorites. I could spend hours drawing lines from number to number…

  Marian

  July 5, 2016

  Book Recommendations, Goals, God’s Love, Life’s Challenges, Reflections

  50th high school class reunion, 50th reunion, activity books, career aspirations, career changes, career dreams, Catherine of Siena, class reunion, coloring books, David Viscott, destiny, different gifts, discovering our gifts, dot-to-dot, dot-to-dot books, early writings, Firstlight, God’s gift to us, high school reunion, Joan Chittister, Lee Kampstad, life calling, lifelong adventure, meaning of life, Merton, Monastic Way, Navy Parachute Rigger, one dot at a time, our gift to God, parachute jumping, purpose of life, Red Ryder, ripcord, selfhood, St. Catherine of Siena, Sue Monk Kidd, That First Step, The Monastic Way, vocation, work of life

• The Gift of a Lifetime

  Floey was sitting in the living room, in front of her house (crate), looking up at the painting on the wall. “Mom, can you believe it? Kitty painted a portrait of me! She’s such a wonderful neighbor. I just love to go see her. She often gives me MilkBones, but I can’t believe she loves…

  Marian

  August 18, 2015

  God’s Love, Reflections

  different gifts, Floey, four-legged queen, gift of a lifetime, God-given gifts, Kitty Epperson, portrait, Queen of Stone Meadows, queen of the neighborhood, regal, spiritual gifts, talents, The Message

• Another Talk with My Friend Floey

  “Hey, Floey. What did you think about your new class last week?” Floey grinned at me and replied, “I loved it! When you first told me I would be going to another class, I really wondered why. I passed my class last winter with flying colors. I couldn’t imagine why you thought I needed to…

  Marian

  June 30, 2015

  God’s Love, Life’s Challenges, Nature, Reflections

  different gifts, dog class, Floey, go to mat, God’s creation, human development, humans and animals, Intermediate Class, Joan Chittister, kinship with nature, Mim and her kittens, people and animals, people and dogs, relationship between humans and animals, soul, The Monastic Way, unawakened