Tag Archives: Children

The Perfect Family

Posted on December 30, 2013 by jkelly

The Feast of the Holy Family, December 29, 2013 Each year after celebrating Christmas the Church gives us this feast and reminds us that Jesus, the Son of God, came to this earth and was born in the usual way … Continue reading →

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The Bug Man

Posted on August 9, 2012 by jkelly

Grandson number two, who is ten going on eleven years old, has proudly earned the moniker of Bug Man because of his remarkable compassion and love for bugs of every kind, and their apparent attraction to him.  Personally, when I … Continue reading →

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The New Normal

Posted on July 19, 2012 by jkelly

I just saw a cartoon that a friend had posted on her Facebook.  A little girl was looking up at her mother and asked, “What’s normal?” The mother replied, “Oh, that’s just a setting on the washing machine.” Not very … Continue reading →

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Is it Time for Bible School Already?

Posted on June 26, 2012 by jkelly

     Today we began our annual summer test of endurance and fortitude, Bible School.   Since I’m the parish music minister,  my job is to get 75 children from preschool to grade 5 to sing about how awesome God … Continue reading →

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All in the Family

Posted on June 17, 2012 by jkelly

A family is a aggregate of personalities and habits molded and bound together by the forces of time and love.  It is a collective memory encompassing blissful days of laughter, loving and joy, enduring, striving and surviving.  It is legends … Continue reading →

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The Fine Print

Posted on April 19, 2012 by jkelly

It’s the Easter Season and “all creation is shouting for joy,” but part of me is going back a couple weeks to where Mary meets her Son on the road to Calvary.  As any mother knows it’s far better to … Continue reading →

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