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How to pray?
Sounds a little awkward. I have blogged about what prayer is to me. I have blogged about why I talk to God. I have blogged about why else do I turn to God. All these blogs are written in a few words on a page. Have you read the prayers written by saints? Have you...
Family in crisis
I couldn’t breathe. I was hyperventilating from stress. My daughter, “Slow down! Breathe mom!” I couldn’t. “Call grandma!” I told her. She dialed the number. . . In the meantime, my husband was also in a crisis. He...
Don’t collaborate with mental illness
The day before Holy Thursday and Holy Saturday, I received two comments from a porn addicted adult. He said vile things, sent more porn links and created bad images in my head through copying my writing style on random thoughts. I had two choices: Let his...
Why stop “indifference”?
My daughter said, “My macarons look like dog treats. . .” 🙁 “Love bears all things, hopes all things, endures all things.” (1 Cor 13:7) What is the similarity about love and my daughter’s sad comment? My daughter baked macarons on occasions for more than...
What is peace?
My husband said to me, “Find the peace in yourself.” I was feeling down with my illness that evening and really needed to define what he meant by PEACE, for me. This may be the same for you who suffers from mental illness, anxiety or depression. When I am...
Why else do I turn to God?
Stemming from my blog on Why do I talk to God?, my random thoughts led me to reflect upon why else do I turn to God? When I was diagnosed with mental illness in 1992, my thoughts were filled with LIES. A Iie that I am not loved almost led me to take my own...
True Friendship
In this passage, God asks us to see others not by color, but by their God-fearing nature as an individual, our neighbor and our friend. I am not confused anymore. Ben Sira 6:5-17 New American Bible (Revised Edition) True Friendship[a] 5 Pleasant speech...
Reconciliation within mental illness
As I finished the first Glorious Mystery of the Holy Rosary, I thought of my niece and nephew. I sent a text with good intention. However, there was kind of a spat yesterday where they protected each other from my words. Their understanding of the text was...
Why do I talk to God?
A religion teacher said to my daughter, “If you do not know the answer to a question on the test, put “Jesus” because Jesus is always the answer!” I found her to be fortunate to be taught this at an early stage in life. At that same age, I was experiencing moments of...
My Lord, My God
I began scrolling past organizations needing donations. Thoughts in my head were, how much have I already donated? What is the tax deduction limit for a year? I began scrolling pass one and then another until they passed through my eyes like they had nothing to do...
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