PrayingWithMyFingers

Dear God,
Lent:  Days 7, 8, 9 and 10 have come and gone.  Today is day 11.  Reminds me of that old saying, “nothing changes if nothing changes.”  I am an abject failure at Lent.  I want to be a true penitent and change my ways but the truth is I don’t want to go through the process of change.  I want You to wave a magic wand and make me perfect and wonderful without me having to suffer the disciplines required to change.  Truthfully, it is easier to languish in …

Dear God,
Good Morning.  I’m up in burrrrrr-land and have decided to check in with You.  January 25, 2010 – my last letter to You.  Maybe You haven’t noticed since You have a whole world to watch over but, I am compelled to confess my neglect…Catholic guilt and all that.  I have occasionally made the sign of the cross and promised to get back to You really soon.  Now, almost three weeks later, here I am.
Where have I been?  Good question.  Of course, I have my old standby excuse of being …

January 17 – January 25, 2010
Dear God,
It seems as if recent events are converging to force me to deal with issues that I thought were dead and buried.  The Haiti earthquake has reminded me that I never processed my trip to Haiti in 2001.  Ed’s diagnosis of lung cancer put that on the back burner where it has not resurfaced until now.  Ed’s death was the next big event which needed processing but, I put that on the back burner by dabbling with a very bad relationship (less than six …

Dear God,
It’s a rainy Saturday morning and, I finally have a few minutes to spare.  Please forgive my neglect.  As You know, I haven’t written since Monday but nonetheless, You are always in my mind.  I know You want me to keep You in the front of my mind, and I do try but…….imperfect human being that I am means things don’t always go according to plan.  And, I do trust that You will work it all out in Your mysterious way.
Besides the usual busyness of work, puppy Chanel fell …

September 1, 2009 — Tuesday

Dear God,
3-mile walk this morning.  Nap.  Breakfast.  Meditation.  Boring.
Paying bills – trying to figure out last month’s debacle with overdrafts and shortage in my accounts.  I have paid Chase account incorrectly and have a $1,000+ overage in one account and a non-payment in the other.  Yikes!  Is this because I am getting older?  I never ever used to make this kind of money mistake.  First overdraft of my entire life!
I feel like crap today.  Bad mood.  Depressed.  Can’t seem to get motivated to do anything.  House …

Dear God,
What would the world be like without friends? And, so many varieties too!! Barbara and Sheila arrived last night and – much later than they had planned – about 11pm – and we also began the day with them on a late note not getting out for our trolley tour until noon. But whatever………we want to have fun and putting expectations and schedules aside lends itself to fun more so than being rigid.
For me and Vikki, the tour covered much of the same territory as we had covered on …