Touch of Our Savior's Hand - Holy Ground

This week, I do not have a specific instance of experiencing the touch of the Savior's hand (because of confidentiality.) Instead I wish to share in general about spiritual direction.

I have the blessing of being a spiritual director. What an honor to be invited by someone to walk with them on their spiritual journey. I have always considered, as both a spiritual director and a directee, that the time of spiritual direction is "holy ground."
For where two or three are gathered together in my name, there am I, in the midst of them. (Matthew 18:20)
I never forget that.
And I never forget that the "real" spiritual director is the Holy Spirit. Of course, I do not always feel that presence, that touch of the Lord. But nonetheless, I know He is there, guiding both of us.
And I always come out of a spiritual direction appointment with a feeling of joy. That joy that bubbles up from the inside, and could only come from God.
Holy ground.

Karinann hosts Touch of Our Savior's Hand every Friday. This meme helps me to be more aware of how I experience God every week. If you wish to participate or check out other posts, visit Karinann at Blessings For the Day.

Small Successes - Finding Peace

My list of Small Successes for this week are:
1. I filed away some of my paper work at home that has been weighing on my mind. What a relief to get that done!
2. I do not do well with chaotic situations. However, when faced with a stressful and noisy situation this week, I remembered that peace begins with me, so I remained quiet within, praying for peace, and felt myself letting go of the stress.
3. I was writing the other night and had it in my mind how much I wanted to get finished, but I got very sleepy. Instead of pushing myself, I went to bed. For me, that is a BIG small success!
This meme really helps me pay attention to the things I do right! Very good for the self-esteem. To participate in this meme or to read other submissions, visit Danielle Bean at Faith & Family.

Tiber River Review: Uncommon Kindness

I have always wanted to learn more about Father Damien. What little I knew fascinated me. I knew he had worked with people who had leprosy. I knew he himself had contracted the disease. I knew little else. So I was excited to have the opportunity to see and review Uncommon Kindness.

Uncommon Kindness is the video documentary of the life and ministry of Father Damien, a Belgian priest who gave his life to help others. It takes place in the late 1800's. The documentary focuses mostly on his ministry in the leprosy settlement established on the island of Molokai, located in the Hawaiian islands.

His life was not without controversy as he fought very hard to get the needed supplies for the people on the island. After contracting leprosy himself, he continued to minister and work hard for the people. They loved him and considered him one of their own.

I really enjoyed the way his story was presented. Photos from his life were shown, including his time in Molokai. But we also saw the island of Molokai as it looks today. We had a little bit of a tour and a present day tour guide was interviewed.

Father Damien died in 1889. When his story became known throughout the world, Belgium requested that his remains be brought home and he was exhumed. The people of Molokai were unhappy about this. In 1995, when he was beatified by Pope John Paul II, a relic was returned to the island. The DVD shows part of the burial ceremony.

I highly recommend this DVD. I learned a lot more about Father Damien as I had hoped I would. Robin Williams did a good job with the narration. The documentary is only an hour long and went by so fast because it kept my interest. With Father Damien's canonization coming up in October, I think everyone would enjoy this film.

I wrote this review of An Uncommon Kindness: The Father Damien Story for the Tiber River Blogger Review program, created by Aquinas and More Catholic Goods. For more information and to purchase, please visit Aquinas and More Catholic Goods.

Tiber River is the first Catholic book review site, started in 2000 to help you make informed decisions about Catholic book purchases.

Thankful for My Many Blessings

This meme helps us to remember what we have to be thankful for and so, I am thankful for this meme!! Thanks to Judy at A Thankful Woman's Book of Blessings for hosting! Please visit her blog to check out more postings and participate as well!
Here is my list for this week of those things I am most thankful for:
1. I am thankful that my tooth that broke will not require a root canal!! It will need a crown but I can deal with that a bit easier.
2. I am thankful for the rain we got this week. We need a lot more but hopefully we will see more soon!
3. I am thankful for my job and for the food that it puts on my table.
4. I am thankful for my youngest son's upcoming wedding! Looking forward to spending time with my mother and all our children and grandchildren. One week from Saturday!
5. I am thankful for my friends, both inside and outside of the blogging world! I am grateful for their support and love.

To Be Known By God

Karinann, at her blog Blessings for the Day, wrote these words recently:

I thank You for always being with me~even when I chose not to be with You.

That caught my attention.
For years I thought I got myself through the tough times. I considered myself a survivor - and I am - but I thought that meant I survived by myself. People told me I was so strong that I could survive anything. And I believed them. I believed that I had survived my childhood all by myself.
Years later, when I converted to Catholicism, I became hungry and thirsty to know more about God. I read everything I could get my hands on. I remember reading that famous poem, Footprints in the Sand, when the person discovers that she had never walked alone. During the difficult times in her life, there was only one set of footprints in the sand because God had carried her.
As I grew closer to God, I began to realize that I had never been alone. I had been carried, I had been comforted, I had been loved. God had cared about me even when I hardly paid Him a thought. He had been with me, loving me always.
While I have not always known God, God has always known me. Thank you, Lord, for knowing me and loving me and carrying me, always.
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God Finds Us

"We have what we seek, it is there all the time, and of we give it time, it will make itself known to us." - Thomas Merton

We do not find God. God finds us.
The other day I was listening to another audio retreat, this one from Fr. Gillick. He talked about how we look for God and sometimes we think we find Him. But, Father said, in reality it is God who finds us. God comes to us where we are and makes His presence known to us.
As Merton said, We have what we seek. We are just not always aware of Him. We are not always giving God time to make Himself known.
I often seek God at the beach. I seek God at my church. I seek God in silence.These are places where I feel I so often connect with God. But it is really God who "finds me". It is in these "places" where I give God time. And it is these places where God often makes himself known to me.
I love this whole picture that Father Gillick paints here for us. The idea that God loves us so much, that he will chase us down, as the Hound of Heaven, that He will come to us where we are, and make His presence known to us.
We do not find God. God finds us. Because He loves us that much.
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Blessing God

Let all your works give you thanks O Lord
and let your faithful ones bless you. - Psalm 145:10

O Lord, help me to remember to give you thanks
no matter what is going on in my life.
Help me to see my blessings every day.

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Sunday Snippets - A Catholic Carnival July 26

This is the weekly Catholic Carnival! Be sure to visit RAnn at This That and The Other Thing and check out others participating in Sunday Snippets this week. Why not join us and share a blog post or two from last week?

Here are my posts from last week:

A Wedding Prayer

Jesus is Our Light

Refreshing Sabbath Moments

God, of your goodness, give me yourself, for you are enough for me. And only in you do I have everything. - Julian of Norwich
This week I continued to schedule my Sabbath moments every evening after dinner, praying and listening to sacred music. So refreshing to rest with the Lord. Sometimes I get so caught up with my to-do list, that I forget to put God first. These moments remind me.
One day at work, I knew I needed a Sabbath moment. I had been working nonstop and feeling a bit stressed. I walked over to the chapel and sat there for awhile. I didn't really even pray. I just sat there and looked at Jesus.
There is nothing like hanging out with God. Taking time to just BE with the Lord can bring us much needed refreshment and is a wonderful way to honor God. Putting Him first and our to-do list last.
If you would like to share your Sabbath moment(s), please copy my Sabbath Moments button into your post. Then come back here and sign into Mr. Linky below. If you don't have a blog, share about it in a comment! Hope you will join us! God bless.

Gentle Touches from Our Savior

This week I experienced some gentle touches from Jesus. I was feeling down the other day, when out of the blue, I got a beautiful email from another blogger. She didn't know I was depressed, but her encouraging words just lifted my spirits. It came just at the right time. An angel of the Lord to be sure.
Today I was driving home from work. The sun was shining, there were white clouds in the sky. Then, out of the blue (again), I see a very faint rainbow. I do not know where it rained or even if it rained, but there it was to cheer me up and remind me of God's presence with me always.
A friend and I get together for lunch about once a month and catch up on each other's news and then share about the series, Bridges to Contemplative Living, with Thomas Merton. I was telling her about my own personal Declaration of Independence, announcing my desire for freedom from my past and my abuser. Then we opened the book to discuss Merton (Book #2, Session 5.) The title of this chapter? Living in Freedom!

Karinann hosts Touch of Our Savior's Hand every Friday. This meme helps me to be more aware of how I experience God every week. If you wish to participate or check out other posts, visit Karinann at Blessings For the Day.

Jesus is Our Light

Words which do not give the Light of Christ increase the darkness. - Mother Teresa of Calcutta
I love light. I particularly love seeing light in the middle of darkness. Like the final glow in the darkening sky from sunsets. Like rainbows in the middle of a rainstorm. Like candlelight.
Most evenings during the week, I light several candles around my living room. I like looking at the lights flickering in the dark. My eyes are drawn to them. I love light. I particularly love seeing light in the middle of darkness because it reminds me of Jesus.
Jesus is our Light. Jesus lights up this world. Jesus lights up our hearts. Jesus lights up our darkness. We can bring that light of Jesus to others. We can BE that light of Jesus for others. We can encourage, we can support, we can comfort, we can teach, we can share, we can forgive, we can love.
We can be those little lights in the middle of the darkness, but we cannot do it alone. We need the Light of the world. We need Jesus. And what does Jesus want from us?
Just our hearts.
published also in Prayerful Morsels
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Book Giveaway

Read about my Book Giveaway at my other blog, Surviving By Grace.

My New Blog Button

I have a new button. One made for me by Nicole at the Pixel Boutique. She made the Sabbath Moments button too. As you can see, she does a great job.

This is just my blog button - see my left sidebar. Everyone is free to copy it for their sidebar if they wish and link to my blog. We can even exchange buttons or whatever. I just thought it was kind of a fun thing to do.
And this button - the picture - looks like grace doesn't it? I mean, if grace were a picture?

Thankful for My Husband

I am so thankful today for so many blessings. My hubby and I celebrated our 30th wedding anniversary yesterday so my list this week has to do with our life together!
1. I am thankful for my husband and our 30 years together. See my blog from yesterday if you missed it!
2. I am thankful for our two sons. We raised them, we loved them, we argued over them. And they have each given us a wonderful daughter-in-law to love.
3. I am grateful for my stepchildren and for their spouses. Step-families are often complicated. But I was blessed with 4 wonderful stepchildren who have treated me with love and respect all of these years. We are also blessed with many beautiful grandchildren. Our large family get-togethers are pretty interesting to put it mildly. Keeps us young.
4. I am grateful to my hubby for making me laugh all of these years. What a gift!
5. I am grateful that my hubby led me to the Catholic Church and eventually sponsored me when I converted. It definitely changed my life forever.
Thanks to Judy at A Thankful Woman's Book of Blessings for hosting this meme! Please visit her blog to check out more postings and participate as well!

True Heart Award

Judy from BENMAKESTEN and A Thankful Woman's Book of Blessings has given me an award! I am so honored! Thank you Judy. Be sure and check out her blogs.

The True Heart Award is described here: "Those who receive this award are of the sweetest nature. They are kind, friendly, funny, loving, eager to share their love for Jesus with others, and brave in their efforts to reflect Him to this darkened world. They are the kind of folks you're blessed to know, even if it's only in the bloggy-sphere."

I wish to pass this award on to the following:
Karinann at Daughter of the King and Blessings for the Day
Sarah at just another day of Catholic pondering
Heartfelt Heartlook
Debra at And It Came to Pass
Thank you all for your sharing and kindness. I see the love of Jesus in you all. Feel free to pass on the award to others if you wish.

A Wedding Prayer

My husband and I have been married 30 years today.
30 years of ...
... friendship, love, life and loss.
... sharing pain and healing; suffering and hope.
... loving our children and our children's children.
... growing in love and knowledge of God.
I remember moments in those valleys of our life together, those tough times, when I would look at him and wonder just who he was and ask myself, now why did I marry this man?
But then in the next instant, I would remember why I fell in love with him in the first place and all the wonderful times we have had together. And I would right then and there choose to continue to love him and cherish him and wonder why I ever doubted.
Now there are moments when I look at him when he doesn't know I am looking. And my heart fills up with love and my eyes with tears. And I thank the good Lord for the gift of this man and this marriage. And I know if I had to do it over again, knowing what I know now, I would marry him again. In a heartbeat. No doubt about it.
Two weeks from this Saturday, our youngest son is getting married. There are things I would like to say. Feelings and thoughts I cannot seem to put into words. But if I could pray for one thing for my son, it would be this - that the first thirty years of his life with his wife will be filled with as much joy and love and laughter, as the first thirty years of my life with his dad have been for me.
I cannot think of a better gift. Or a better prayer.

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Still Waters

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Beside restful waters He leads me (Psalm 23:2)

Lead me, Lord, to restful waters,
Help me to experience your peace
Help me to give you my whole heart
Today and every day. Amen.

Sunday Snippets - A Catholic Carnival July 19

This is the weekly Catholic Carnival! Be sure to visit RAnn at This That and The Other Thing and check out others participating in Sunday Snippets this week. Why not join us and share a blog post or two from last week?

Here are my posts from last week (there seems to be a theme):

Is God's Heart Big Enough?

The Savior Touches My Heart

Restful Sabbath Moments

Come to me, all you who labor and are burdened, and I will give you rest. (Matthew 11:28)

This week I actually tried planning some of my Sabbath moments. I had no evening meetings so I was able to take some quiet time after dinner every evening and spend it quietly praying.
One evening I actually dozed off. I remember a spiritual director telling me once, when I was on retreat, that the Holy Spirit can work while we are sleeping and if my body needed sleep, then by all means, take a nap!
Thursday's Gospel was about Jesus calling us to bring our burdens to him and he will give us rest. As I listened to a 10 minute prayer podcast - called Pray As You Go - I heard a beautiful song based on the verse I noted above, often repeating the words "I will give you rest." So I rested. I just laid on my bed and listened to this inspiring song, thanking God. No agenda that evening. No plans. Just a restful Sabbath moment.
If this is your first visit, you can read more here about this meme. If you would like to share your Sabbath moment(s), please copy my Sabbath Moments button into your post. Then come back here and sign into Mr. Linky below. Hope you will join us!

The Savior Touches My Heart

Every day this week I have been listening to an audio retreat given by Fr. Don Driscoll. He is an excellent retreat master and very inspiring. He has given me many close moments with the Lord.
One day he talked about what God really wants from us. Over and over he said that all God wants from us is our heart. He doesn't expect us to be perfect or to constantly be doing things for Him. He just wants our heart.
I could not let go of those words. They really touched me. I have pondered them all week. I know the Holy Spirit was speaking through Father and touching my heart. I know I hold back on giving my heart to others, including the Lord. Is God asking me to finally let go and give my whole heart to Him?
Karinann hosts Touch of Our Savior's Hand every Friday. This meme helps me to be more aware of how I experience God every week. If you wish to participate or check out other posts, visit Karinann at Blessings For the Day.

Small Successes - July 16

Here are my Small Successes for this week:

1. I finished a book that I have had for over a month. Just couldn't find the time but last week decided to MAKE time.
2. Filed receipts that had accumulated for over 2 months. Where does time go?
3. Attitude adjustment! I have been getting discouraged about not losing weight. So now I just do my best and take one day at a time. Instead of looking at pounds lost or gained, I think of how I feel, not only on the outside but on the inside. I congratulate myself for the days I stuck to the diet and do not condemn myself for those other days. After all, each day is a brand new day.

To participate in this meme or to read other posts, visit Danielle Bean at Faith & Family.

Giving Thanks for My Blessings

I am thankful for all the blessings God has given me. Here are just some of them:
1. I am blessed to live only a 5 minute drive from the beach. That has saved my sanity quite a few times!
2. I am blessed to have the husband I have. He is kind and compassionate and loves me just the way I am. Next week we will celebrate our 30th anniversary!
3. I am blessed to love reading books. Books helped me survive my childhood. They gave me an escape into another world.
4. I am blessed to have a job, especially in a parish office. I work with others who love God and who treat each other with compassion and acceptance.
5. I am blessed to have a son who just got a new job and another son who is getting married in just over 3 weeks! So then I will be blessed to have another daughter-in-law!

Thanks to Judy at A Thankful Woman's Book of Blessings for hosting this meme! Please visit her blog to check out more postings and participate as well!

Is God's Heart Big Enough?

A woman recently told me about the time she was driving somewhere with her two small granddaughters. She told the two girls that she often prays in the car and suggested that they pray, too. The youngest girl, about three years old, started praying for people such as her mother and father, grandparents, cousins, etc. Her list got longer and longer. She got a bit dramatic, too, as she folded her arms across her chest, saying "And I keep them all in my heart." Whereupon her five year old sister said, "That is too many people! You can't keep all those people in your heart! They won't fit!"
It was a cute story and made me laugh, but it also got me to thinking. Sometimes, we children of God don't think that we all fit in God's heart either.
I have been listening to the audio retreat given by Fr. Don Driscoll (online ministries, Creighton University) and he spoke about some of our images of God, many of which are childish images. One of those images he talked about was the Santa Claus image. The Santa Claus image is the one we have when we think if we are very good, God loves us and gives us good things and when we are bad, He punishes us.
But God does not punish. God loves us no matter what. There is nothing we can do to lose God's love. NOTHING.
When we sin, we turn away from God. God does not turn away from us.
When we sin, we lose the awareness of God's love and His presence with us. But we do not lose God. God still loves us. God still holds us in his heart.
I had that image of God for years. I thought for sure that He kept something like a little black book where he wrote down all the bad things I did. The idea of unconditional love was a reality that I had not learned about or experienced.
That all changed when I married and had two sons and converted to the Catholic church. Over the years, my image of God has changed many times. As I experienced His mercy and compassion through the church and the sacraments and the love of my husband and my children, I grew up a little and was able to throw out that old image of God, the one who punishes. Now I know a God whose mercy is endless and His love is forever.
A God who always holds me in his heart. No matter what.

Sunday Snippets - A Catholic Carnival July 12

This is the weekly Catholic Carnival! Be sure to visit RAnn at This That and The Other Thing and check out others participating in Sunday Snippets this week. Why not join us and share a blog post or two from last week?

Here are my posts from last week:

Sabbath Moment By the Seashore

Hear the Music

The Savior's Gentle Touch

Sabbath Moment by the Seashore

Let your grace be a sun that never sets. (from Liturgy of the Hours, Morning Prayer, Wednesday, Week II, intercessions)

I tried to be more aware of opportunities for more Sabbath moments this week. I am finding that these moments really give me much needed rest, and close moments with God, even if the moment is only 15 minutes! I spent some time in the chapel during my workdays. And there was, of course, the beach. (I know, I know, another beach story.) Going to the water seems to quench my thirst and nourish my soul.

I only live a 5 minute drive from the beach. So one evening, an hour before sunset, I decided to go to the beach and watch the sunset and just 'be.'
While I sat on the beach waiting, I watched families with children walking and playing and laughing. I saw couples of all ages, walking hand in hand along the shoreline. I watched seagulls flying overhead and pelicans dive into the water trying to catch their dinner. I felt relaxed. I felt rested. I felt at peace.
The sunset itself was a disappointment. It was too cloudy near the horizon and except for a little peachy color on the edges of the clouds, there was no visible evidence of a sunset. But I knew it was still there, still happening, even though I could not see it.
And I knew God was there, too. In the people and the nature. In the silence and the peace. And in my own heart.
So I sat there for a little while longer, watching the daylight fading away, resting with the Lord in the midst of His creation.

Today is the day for sharing our Sabbath Moments! If this is your first visit, you can read more here about this meme. If you would like to share your Sabbath moment(s), please copy my Sabbath Moments button into your post. Then come back here and sign into Mr. Linky below. Hope you will join us!

The Savior's Gentle Touch

My God Moment? Honestly I don't have a real "wow" God moment. As I prayed about what to write this week, it came to me that Jesus probably knew I couldn't handle any BIG moments. Just gentle ones.
Just gentle touches.
There was the hug from a friend, just when I needed it the most.
There was my meeting with my pastor that helped me let go of some of my worries.
There was the card that my hubby and I received, from a couple we know at church, letting us know they had offered up their hour of Adoration for our intentions.
There was my own hour of Adoration that brought me such joy.
Gentle touches from the Savior.

You can participate or read about other God moments by visiting Karinann at Blessings for the Day. Thank you, Karinann, for hosting this meme that helps me be more aware of God's presence in my life.

Small Successes - July 9

I tend to take more notice of my mistakes than what I do right. So this Small Successes meme is a great way of reversing that attitude. Here are my Small Successes for this week:
1. I went to bed at 11 pm one night. (That is early for me.)
2. I disagreed with someone but did not insist on having the last word. I wanted to argue my point but resisted and just let it go. (It must have been grace.)
3. Last Sunday I was able to stay away from blogging until after sundown so I could observe the Lord's day. I just posted a picture and a prayer. (got the idea from Karinann at Daughter of the King.)

To participate in this meme or to read other posts, visit Danielle Bean at Faith & Family.

Thankful for So Many Blessings

I have so many blessings to be thankful for. Here are just a few:

1. I am thankful for my husband whose love and support keep me going no matter what.
2. I am thankful for books, which I love to read and rarely get the time. I made time the 4th of July weekend!
3. I am thankful for the time to rest and to pray and Sabbath moments!
4. I am thankful for laughter which is always healing.
5. I am thankful for the Eucharist, Jesus' gift of Himself to us.

Thanks to Judy at A Thankful Woman's Book of Blessings for hosting this meme! Please visit her blog to check out more postings and participate as well!

Are You With Me, Jesus?

I was sitting in the chapel today. I was breathing in and out slowly, praying the word 'Jesus' over and over. I was staring at the tabernacle and in between my deep breaths in and out, I was complaining. Whining really.
Do you hear me, Jesus? Are you with me, Lord?
I looked up at the stained glass window of the Sacred Heart of Jesus. He was looking right at me. Of course, it was just a picture and Jesus in that picture is always looking right at whoever is looking at him. Which is quite perfect, really, if you think about it.
We gaze upon Jesus as He gazes upon us.
As soon as that thought entered my mind, tears started rolling down my cheeks. Yup. Jesus is with me.

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Hear the Music

I found these words last week (in Terry Hershey's newsletter) by Robert Capon about how "we live like ill-taught piano students. So concerned with playing the right notes, we never hear the music."
I know I am often like that. I get so intent on being the perfect wife and mother and secretary and Catholic and writer, I miss living. I miss the joy and the beauty and the music.
I forget that God loves me just the way I am. I forget that God made me and so God knows who I am and what I am and how imperfect I am.
I think that it probably bothers God more when we miss His gifts. The gifts of life and love and sunsets and, well, music.
When I used to watch my sons trying to play the piano when they were little, I never thought about the mistakes they were making. I was thinking more about how much fun they were having.
When Adam and Eve realized they were naked and hid themselves from God, He asked them, "Who told you that you were naked?" (Genesis 3:11) God wanted to walk with them in the garden, but they thought they weren't good enough and so they went into hiding.
I need to stop worrying about being perfect. I need to stop worrying about playing the right notes. I just need to remember to live each moment.
I need to stop hiding, walk with my God and be sure to hear His music.
from Prayerful Morsels
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Fixing My Eyes on the Lord

I raise my eyes, to you enthroned in heaven. (Psalm 123:1)

O Lord, may I keep my eyes fixed on you always,
Help me to see you everywhere and in everyone.
Help me see as you see, help me love as you love.
Thank you, Lord, for all your blessings. Amen.

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A Sabbath Moment in the Morning

I slept in yesterday morning. When I woke up, I heard the TV on in the living room. I didn't feel like being around noise. I wanted to be in silence. In fact, I wanted to just "be."
So I sat up in bed, comfy pillows behind me, my favorite quilt covering my legs, and a pile of books next to me. I meditated on the readings of the day. I read some pages in one of my books about a woman's experience of silent prayer. Then I sat in the silence and stillness and quiet. I relaxed with the Lord. It was a great start to my day. I felt better. Refreshed. I could just feel myself being filled up with peace. Truly a Sabbath Moment.

Today is the day for sharing our Sabbath Moments! If this is your first visit, you can read more here about this meme. If you would like to share your Sabbath moment(s), please copy my Sabbath Moments button on the sidebar into your post. Then come back here and sign into Mr. Linky below. Thanks for joining us!

The Savior Gives Me Rest

After spending the past 2 weeks dealing with a family crisis about the childhood abuse I suffered, I am feeling pretty tired. In fact, downright exhausted.
This weekend, I had planned on doing a little marketing work on my book, which is about how God is helping me heal from the abuse. For some reason, I can't imagine why (sarcasm), the idea of dealing with that book and its subject matter did not sound like a great idea. Not this weekend.
Into the office comes a man I know who has just read my book and he is singing its praises to me. Then he says he wants to take a few of my books and bring them to a bookstore in our area, to see if they will sell them. This bookstore is just the one I had thought of visiting this weekend! It was as if Jesus himself came and said, I know you are really tired. Let me send you someone to help you.
He relieved my burden and He gave me rest. Thank you, Jesus.

You can participate or read about other God moments by visiting Karinann's blog. Just click on the graphic on my sidebar. Thank you, Karinann, for hosting this great Friday meme!