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One woman’s written responses to the world around her.

Archive for July, 2011

Obstetrics and Teaching

Posted: Monday, July 25th, 2011 @ 7:22 am in Health, Science, Teaching/Ed | No Comments »

While the post is actually about teaching, the information about the Apgar Scale, its creator and the impetus for its creation, was fascinating. As the student of a pre-Apgar professor whose child was left to die, while the parents were dazed at the doctor’s words and emotionally unable to attempt to intervene, a professor who [...]

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What is an inconvenience?

Posted: Sunday, July 24th, 2011 @ 7:29 pm in Life in General | No Comments »

“An inconvenience is only an adventure wrongly considered; an adventure is an inconvenience rightly considered.” –G.K. Chesterton R so totally uses this. I like it.

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Words from God

Posted: Sunday, July 24th, 2011 @ 7:22 pm in My Life | No Comments »

At the retreat I attended last weekend, I received clear words from God. One woman said that I had a “gift for teaching” and that this was not something she knew (and she would have had no way of knowing) but something that God told her. Another told me that I was a gifted teacher [...]

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How to Live

Posted: Friday, July 22nd, 2011 @ 3:16 pm in Christianity, Life in General | No Comments »

Here is a rule for everyday life: Do not do anything which you cannot offer to God. St. John Vianney

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A Letter to God

Posted: Thursday, July 21st, 2011 @ 2:05 pm in Life in General | No Comments »

from the Hollywood producer of Gilligan’s Island and the Brady Bunch. A Letter from Sherwood Schwartz, for publication after his death.

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Faithful

Posted: Wednesday, July 20th, 2011 @ 2:03 pm in Life in General | No Comments »

God did not put me on earth to be successful, he put me here to be faithful. Mother Teresa I need to be about doing this. Thank you, God, that you can take a heart and make it new.

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Why are we here?

Posted: Wednesday, July 20th, 2011 @ 11:16 am in Life in General | No Comments »

I was not born to be free. I was born to adore and to obey. C. S. Lewis

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