Posted January 16, 2020 in Life / 6 Comments
It has been awhile since there has been a real, steady blog posting schedule. But I am not going to pretend that it is magically going to get better immediately. The thing is, I need to get back into the habit of reading novels, writing reviews, writing blog posts, and filming YouTube videos.
My goal for both this blog and YouTube is to post at least once a week for the foreseeable future. I miss the routine I had gotten into of reading for fun and then writing about then. I miss doing that.
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Tagged as School, YouTube
Posted June 13, 2019 in Faith, Life / 0 Comments
It has been way too long since I have really posted on this blog and so this post is going to be an update.
I have been in Oregon for a year working as Faith Formation Director in a parish. It has been a fun challenge. I loved the work I was doing but it was not a good fit for me. Much as I wanted to love everything about where I was, I couldn’t. And so I’m moving back to Montana.
In May I finished the last of my graduate school classes. I just have to pass a comprehensive exam the end of this summer and I will officially be able to add MA after my name. That is, provided I pass the test…
In this past year I have had some ups and some downs. At times I was tempted to focus on those downs as they always seem more prevalent than the ups. This is human nature where we often tend to focus on what when wrong and ignore the fact that so many things went right.
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Posted May 24, 2019 in Faith, Life / 0 Comments
Today I am choosing to reflect on the life of the saint whose memorial we celebrate tomorrow. This saint is Saint Bede the Venerable. He lived in the end of the seventh century into the beginning of the eighth century. Bede was a monk who copied books and even authored his own commentaries on Sacred Scripture. He is the patron of scholars. (Franciscan Media)
I really don’t know much about Saint Bede beyond that. Reading the bit about his life that I did to write that opening paragraph, he sounds like he lived a pretty amazing life. As a patron of scholars, I feel like I owe him a big THANK YOU for surviving my graduate school courses.
Yes, you read that right, I am done with my graduate school courses. I just have to pass my comprehensive exam at the end of the summer and then I will be issued my diploma in December. That comprehensive exam though, I will definitely need Saint Bede and Saint Thomas Aquinas to help me out with that.
I am working on a post about what has been up in my life since I last posted a year ago. Keep an eye out for that as I am hoping to have that ready by the end of the month.
How has your year been going so far?
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Tagged as Saints, School
Posted November 29, 2016 in Faith, Reading, Review / 0 Comments
St. Patrick's Summer by Marigold Hunt
Publisher: Sophia Institute Press (1950)
Paperback (277 pages)
Rating:
Reading Challenges: 2016 Backlist Books, Read 2016
Synopsis
Between catechism lessons taught by saints, the children travel back in time to witness persecuted Catholics risking their lives to attend furtive Masses in Roman days, in Reformation England, and in the Soviet Union just a few decades ago. Through words and witnessing, deeds and doctrine, adventurous Michael and Cecilia learn the central truths of our Catholic Faith and discover how important they are, even today.
Find the book: Goodreads, Amazon, Book Depository
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Tagged as 4 star, Read 2016, School
Posted October 6, 2016 in Life / 6 Comments
Note: I debated writing and posting this for some time. It can be very hard to openly speak of mental illness, particularly when the people in my life don’t always acknowledge that mine even exists. Please remember this is only my own experiences and my own opinions. I am not a doctor nor any type of health professional. I am only a crazy, young woman who likes to pray and read books.
My first post on my mental illness has been my most visited post since I published it. I hope that it has been able to help some people and I hope that this post can do the same.
As those of your who follow my blog already know, I am currently taking online grad school classes as I work towards my Master’s degree. Anyone in grad school can tell you that this is super-stressful. I feel that I am especially affected thanks to my high-functioning depression and anxiety. Grad school makes me crazy busy and, every day, I question my sanity on pursuing higher education.
Anyway, here are five things I do to deal with my high-functioning depression and anxiety during grad school. These are probably applicable to anyone that is in grad school or even college, but I can only speak for myself on that matter.
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Tagged as Anxiety, Depression, Planner, School
