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Went to a great funeral today. I sat there thinking about how Fr. William Shelley had lived his entire life wanting to be with God forever, and how good and right it is that now he has gotten to do that. I have never known anyone so utterly holy and yet so utterly and fallibly human. He was a good, crotchety, honest man whose presence in my family's life brought only good. The baby I lost five years ago would have been named after him. I'm completely grateful for Fr. Shelley's life, and wishing I were half as faithful as he was.
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The wonderful Magpie sent me three pounds of fine coffee for Christmas. It is delectable, especially when brewed up in the French press gave me when I went out to the estate sale for her mom's home. Sometimes you have no idea what luxury really is.
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I have this book on my Christmas list, and you should, too.
Required reading. Great stuff.
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It's a mixed blessing, but I've become the editor of choice for really bad writers of masters' theses at a certain college. Income, yes. But mind-bending, convoluted sentences with jaw-dropping non-logic comes with the territory.
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School is out! I don't have to force anyone out of bed for the next 10 days!
Ten days!
Ten days!
Oh, wow.
Oh, I am just so delighted for you! Not only about the bank, but about the coffee, too (coffee makes such a great gift!). And the vacation from school!
ReplyDeleteI almost posted last night, but it's clear that you've transformed your circumstances through faith. And then a few of the circumstances changed as well :-).
Since we moved here, Bob has become default editor at his job for all documents in English. Italian and English have completely different composition styles; in Italian, the longer and more flowery the better. So he says he sometimes crosses through entire lines and replaces them with a word or two. Your master's thesis job reminded me of that, naturally,
Merry Christmas, Julia!
Oh, sorry--forgot to add that Susan, whom you know, also likes this book a lot. If two people whose opinions I admire so much like this book, that's quite a recommendation!
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ReplyDeleteI'm only sorry that the coffee didn't show up a couple of days ago. :)
ReplyDeleteHappy new year! I hope you and your family are well.
ReplyDeleteI ordered the book and gave it to my son whom will be homeschooling his daughter! Thanks for the info.
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