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January 19, 2013

Priorities

I’ve been reading a ton of books and listening to audio programs on goal setting, personal development and priorities. It’s great stuff and I’m usually drawn to experts like Brian Tracy and Chalene Johnson.One of the audio programs I wanted to go back to was Chalene Johnson’s Car Smart series;

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January 19, 2013

Purple Ravens cooking: This food is for the birds

Serving purple cauliflower for Purple Friday last week was such a hit that I decided this week we’d take it to a new level. And ever since I found an immersion blender under the Christmas tree this year—my husband does, indeed, read my blog— I have been wanting to make soup.

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January 18, 2013

Baynesville school celebrates Year of Faith

IHM students are learning “how to create a closer relationship with God by just taking time out of your day to think about him."

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January 18, 2013

Give the true picture

Why give data (CR, Jan. 10) about how many Catholics are in Congress along with another photo of Nancy Pelosi? Why not give us the truth as to how these Catholic representatives really vote?

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January 18, 2013

Go Patriots! No, Go Family!

I have a confession to make. I am a Patriots fan. Please keep reading. I’ll explain. I grew up in Connecticut, watching the Patriots every Sunday; yes, even during those horrible pre- Belichick / Brady years. I move down “south” to attend graduate school at The Catholic University of America, fell

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January 18, 2013

Remember origin of Second Amendment

Re the letter titled “Don’t disarm the innocent” (CR, Jan. 10), restricting guns from law-abiding citizens (exclusive of the mentally ill) is an assault on our rights as Americans that cannot be tolerated.

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January 18, 2013

The “Face” of Vocations in the Church

As National Vocation Awareness Week (NVAW) winds down, it’s interesting to think about the face of vocations to the priesthood and religious life in the 21st century world in which we live. The annual week-long celebration of the Catholic Church in the United States is dedicated to promoting vocations to the

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January 18, 2013

Desperate times call for … a colonoscopy

I bet I did something for New Year’s Day that you didn’t do! I spent the day preparing for my colonoscopy. While you were drinking your bubbly – I was drinking my ugly! Don’t I know how to have fun?

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January 18, 2013

Friday night at Patient First—just what our preschooler ordered

Just as I was wrapping up my work for the day, the phone rang. It was Daniel’s preschool teacher. He had fallen off of a chair and hit his head hard on the tile floor. He had a big bump and was crying. She sounded worried. I was at the school within 10

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