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Elizabeth Duffy

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March 2018

March 27, 2018

Training the Ear of My Heart

I don’t live a very active life, though observers might deduce that I am always...

October 2017

October 04, 2017

Homecomings

Last night I sat on the curb with my three youngest children, while my three...

September 2017

September 19, 2017

The Spirit’s Indwelling

Beside me this morning is a child at the breakfast table vigorously chewing a Fuji...

June 2017

June 06, 2017

Movements of the Lord

As I was saying my rosary this morning on my walk, it occurred to me...

February 2017

February 02, 2017

Wrestling

My son who is autistic wrestles in high school because he doesn’t mind pain. My...

January 2017

January 05, 2017

There Is No Free Breakfast

When I joined the gym, I was given two free personal training sessions to help...

November 2016

November 15, 2016

Stiff Necked Church Lady

Church Ladies. Most of them are pretty darn good souls. They’re at the church every...

October 2016

October 24, 2016

Glorying in Flawless Skin and God’s Love

Driving in the car recently, my daughter pulled down the visor in front of her...

September 2016

September 28, 2016

The Crazy Sex Lady at the Solitary Banquet

"The crazy sex ladies are coming to school today," said my oldest. "We're missing it."...

September 07, 2016

I Have No Idea Where I’m Going

My Lord God, I have no idea where I am going. I do not see...

August 2016

August 03, 2016

Maybe the Kids Will Sleep in Tomorrow

The kids are home for the summer, but my husband has remained on the same...

July 2016

July 11, 2016

Gotta Dance

My mother was a dancer. I use the term dancer in the most flexible possible...

June 2016

June 13, 2016

Eden at the Indy 500

I managed to live in Indiana for forty years before visiting the Indianapolis 500. A...

May 2016

May 23, 2016

The Prophet of Uninterrupted Complaint

I am grateful for deadlines, even when I have little time, or only brief windows...

April 2016

April 05, 2016

A Dancing Christ

On Holy Saturday, I woke up at my sister's house in northern Minnesota with a...

November 2015

November 24, 2015

The Tyrannical Self-Gaze

I'm doing most of my walking after dark these days as night comes a little...

September 2015

September 18, 2015

Becoming Food

At five a.m. this morning, my husband woke me while taking money from my wallet...

August 2015

August 20, 2015

Exile Among Exiles

My children attend public middle and high school; hence the school year always begins with...