Today is the day, 34 years ago, that we laid Daddy to rest in the Welsh Settlement Cemetery. October 7, 1982–the trees had taken on their fall colors of bright reds and golden yellows. I remember the crisp fall Pennsylvania air had a woodsy smell, the smell of the trees and ground preparing to take […]
There are special places in this world. Places that, for often-inexplicable reasons, attract people and extract emotion far beyond what is considered normal. The Wailing Wall, for example, Mecca. Graceland. I went to one of those places a couple months ago. It wasn’t Graceland, but it was pretty amazing. I get misty just thinking about […]
My sister and her daughter, Jeannette, took Mom for her annual checkup last Wednesday. Mom never likes going to the doctor; at 91 years of age, she is rarely sick. But she likes to go to visit with the doctor. She always comes home feeling like she has had a great time with an old […]
There are those few people who really touch us in life, who make an impact on our outlook. I wrote a while back about the three nonagenarians who have taught me so much in life—my mom, my Aunt Ruth and my Aunt Ilene. And now, my Aunt Ilene is gone. In her 90 years, she […]
Mother’s Day 2012. A time to reflect on what Mom means to me. Just the word Mom means love. But it’s an active word and comes in many forms. Winters back home in Pennsylvania were so bad that at times we had to walk on top of 4-foot drifts to get to the bus—and I […]
My dear sister, Virginia, loves me. She has—ever since my mom brought me home from the hospital. Throughout our younger years, Virginia led me in the right way—according to her plans for me. Maybe it’s because she could boss me and I just thought she was so pretty and smart that I would do anything […]
As I age (or should I say, “As I enter my senior years”?), there are three qualities that I desire the most—contentment wherever I am, peaceful living within myself and with others, and the ability to see the good in every situation. What a great way to spend my senior years. What a volume of […]
My father-in-law continues to teach me life lessons. Life is to be lived–that’s an active verb, and at 82, Dad is definitely not being passive about life.
Know that God is in control and be glad of it! June 17th was the two year anniversary of our daughter’s operation. After two months of suffering with pneumonia, the doctors finally decided to explore her lungs with a scope and found a carcinoid tumor sitting at the juncture of the two left lobes. What […]
Stop replaying the mistakes of your life. Share those life lessons with others and move on.
Saturday Morning: 8:00 am
Saturday Vigil: 4:30 pm
Sunday: 7:30 am, 9:00 am, 10:45 am,
12:30 pm, 5:30 pm
Saturday Vigil: 6:15pm
Sunday: 9:00am, 7:15pm
Monday, Tuesday, Thursday & Friday: 8:30 am
