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2023-09-08T22:13:24-04:00

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Made it Two Days…

Last updated on: September 8, 2023 at 10:13 pm By Sherry Antonetti

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I’d vowed to write five hundred words each day but life got in the way. It’s so easy to slip when there’s errands and Back to School night at not one, not two, but three different schools on the same night, for three children at one, and where you’re the teacher at another. We came home, ate ordered pizza and watched the first two episodes of season 4 of Lower Decks, a guilty pleaure for it’s decidely R content at... Read more

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2023-09-06T19:38:19-04:00

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Five Hundred Degrees Outside, Five Hundred Words Here

Last updated on: September 6, 2023 at 7:38 pm By Sherry Antonetti

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Today, I know it wasn’t so hot one could fry eggs on the car, but the AC not working well made one wonder whether the case of water I left in the trunk might not be safe to drink. It’s possible the plastic containers began to decompose during the five plus hours of work. To frame this properly for those sitting in air conditioned coolness or places that do not simulate the surface of the sun, my dog is currently... Read more

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How God messages me

2023-09-05T21:56:19-04:00

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Writing At the Seams of Life

Last updated on: September 5, 2023 at 9:56 pm By Sherry Antonetti

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These days, my ugly list never seems to shrink. For those unfamiliar with this term, I always have an ugly list. I update it monthly. It includes all those things that no one wants to do, but need doing. Since as a writer, one must show, not tell, here’s my show and tell: I’m currently trying to teach two unwilling teens to drive so they can move beyond the learners’ permit. We also are filling out two passport applications that... Read more

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2023-08-23T20:26:34-04:00

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What is My Life’s Theme?

Last updated on: August 23, 2023 at 8:26 pm By Sherry Antonetti

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Next week, the new school year starts. I’m not ready. As such, we’ve spent this week preparing and brainstorming about various assignments and skills we hope to teach in the coming weeks. One big project is to write an essay in which the authors reflect on what themes emerge from their lives up to now. I tossed my brain back to circa 1980 and came up with what would have been mine. “She didn’t make the team, but she hasn’t... Read more

Family, Parenting and Religion

2023-08-13T21:30:53-04:00

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How To Grow Deeper In Love with Jesus

Last updated on: August 13, 2023 at 9:30 pm By Sherry Antonetti

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Spend more time with Him, and you will find yourself much less interesting. Adoration always sets me straight. So also does real prayer –which often happens when I think it isn’t. God loves to catch my attention and catch me by surprise by answering prayers I’ve thrown at Him in the moment. Yesterday I told God as I thought about when our schedule would allow for mass, “Lord, I miss receiving under both species. I’d really love to receive the... Read more

2023-08-08T17:18:48-04:00

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Summer Break is Over, Back to Writing Humor and Catholic Spiritual Goodness

Last updated on: August 8, 2023 at 5:18 pm By Sherry Antonetti

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So last week, I wanted to treat myself after a morning of filling out financial aid forms, getting myself and two of my children to doctors appointments at three seperate times, two at the same place. I opted to go shopping, as my husband got us tickets to Pink!’s Summer Carnival. Pat Benatar was the opening act, and I’ve always loved her. My wardrobe however screamed, “Stay at home Mom and teacher.” I wanted something “cool” for the show. Going... Read more

2023-07-24T12:07:00-04:00

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Arm Chair Quarterbacking and Spoilers..There, I fixed it for you.

Last updated on: July 24, 2023 at 12:07 pm By Sherry Antonetti

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This weekend, I saw that movie about the doll that everyone is talking about. It reminded me of another movie I saw this summer, about an octogenerian archeologist who fights Natzis. In both cases, it felt like people wrote scripts over the course of a month that included lots of sub plots they forgot about. In the doll movie, the Will Ferrell character and his board of yes men don’t go anywhere meaningful. They neither threaten nor amuse. I thought,... Read more

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2023-07-24T12:08:35-04:00

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The Bruised Reed World

Last updated on: July 24, 2023 at 12:08 pm By Sherry Antonetti

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Last week, I irritated people online. Some people who profess to be Catholic were engaged in heretical thinking about trivialities and lording their own holiness over others for failing to fall in line with what they thought. What those folks thought was not in keeping with Catholic or even Christian thought. It was myopic and mysognistic and delusionally messianic. They were wrong. However, God in His infinite mercy, allows us to be wrong. He gives us the free will to... Read more

Relationships and Religion

2023-07-16T15:46:30-04:00

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Ten Ways to Love Your Family Better

Last updated on: July 16, 2023 at 3:46 pm By Sherry Antonetti

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Love always involves sacrifice. Being a mom or a dad is difficult because the world always tells you, you will be drained, you will be unfulfilled, and that pursuing what you want is antithetical to family life. Life is about sacrifice and making choices, no question. Sometimes however, in surrendering what you want, you find something infinitely richer and better. God works that way. He’s not out to get you, or deny you joy. He’s there to invite you into... Read more

2023-07-12T09:23:48-04:00

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Today, Make God’s Love Visible

Last updated on: July 12, 2023 at 9:23 am By Sherry Antonetti

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Image by Victoria_Regen from Pixabay I haven’t written as I’ve been away with my family. We drove 1,398 miles to my favorite place in the world, the Bolivar Penninsula. It is a beach that holds my family’s history in it, my childhood. Spending a week in this sacred place, we swam, made mud castles and celebrated my fifty-seventh birthday with barbecue, queso, and two cakes. My mom, one of my brothers with his family and my sister with hers, were there too. My... Read more

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