by Sarah Loudin Thomas | Nov 21, 2011 | Friends, Miracles, Reading
You say grace before meals. All right. But I say grace before the concert and the opera, and grace before the play and pantomime, and grace before I open a book, and grace before sketching, painting, swimming, fencing, boxing, walking, playing, dancing and grace...
by Sarah Loudin Thomas | Nov 9, 2011 | Miracles
OLIVIA GRACE Olivia is the newest addition to my family. My brother and sister-in-law have been fostering her since she was two-days-old. She’s almost one now and as of Monday is officially OURS! That’s my baby brother, Daniel, holding his daughter. God...
by Sarah Loudin Thomas | Nov 7, 2011 | Miracles, Waiting
All that reminiscing that’s been going on around the blog lately inevitably leads to food memories. Who doesn’t remember a dish, a meal or a dinner out that’s wrapped up in all kinds of nostalgia? One of the early readers for The Memory of Drowning...
by Sarah Loudin Thomas | Nov 2, 2011 | Miracles, Nature
Last weekend, I went home to WV to visit family. My primary goal was to see my 96-year-old grandmother who has recently been moved to a nursing home. She’s not happy about it, but as she observed to me, “Nothing stays the same and I don’t guess...
by Sarah Loudin Thomas | Oct 31, 2011 | Friends, Miracles
We have Pope Gregory IV to thank for turning a pagan celebration into a holy day . . . that is once again a pagan celebration (not sure who we have to thank for that!). Ancient Celtic tribes celebrated the New Year on November 1, making October 31 a sort of New...
by Sarah Loudin Thomas | Oct 28, 2011 | Friends, Miracles, Waiting
A friend of mine celebrated her 90th birthday earlier this week. She began the celebration last Saturday and I’m not sure it’s over yet. I took her flowers on the big day and visited a while. She began her birthday by eating cake for breakfast. Her husband...
