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Good News
& Continued Prayer Please! My
husband had foot surgery last Friday, and his doctor said he’s healing
nicely. He needs to spend another week
off of it and therefore also off of work in order for it to continue
healing. If he gets an infection and his
foot swells, he would lose his toe.
We made it
through week one of Kevin being restricted in movement. Please continue praying that we’ll make it
through week two without any major complications and with his healing
continuing smoothly (and each of us maintaining our sanity and our marriage).
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Sister Sightings! This
week, I actually got to see, hug, and share a meal with both of my biological
sisters. Some of you are likely
wondering why that is such a noteworthy thing I’d mention it here. Well, it kind of is a big deal. One of my sisters lives ten minutes away from
our place with her husband, but we rarely see them unless someone holds a big
family dinner. My other sister is home
on Spring Break from The Ohio State University.
So we’re not super close-knit, but I still love them lots and pray for
them daily so it was nice to see them in person!
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Out for breakfast Tuesday morning Theresa and
I met for breakfast at Boychik’s, the locally owned New York style
deli/restaurant where we used to go regularly when Theresa was just a
baby. I found it a little hard to
believe that I was sitting there waiting for my youngest sister to meet me
there over 20 years after we’d begun frequenting that establishment.
We had a really
wonderful heart-to-heart. What a
tremendous blessing to be able to spend some quality time catching up with
someone I helped take care of when she was little and have loved her throughout
her entire life (and will keep right on doing so)!
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Our Lady of Kibeho is a very powerful
account about the visionaries in Rwanda to whom the Blessed Mother and Jesus
appeared starting in 1981. Immaculée, the author and narrator, was a young girl
growing up in a devout Catholic family in Rwanda when these apparitions began.
She was very intrigued and overjoyed to hear the radio reports that three
school girls in Kibeho had been visited by the Blessed Mother. She begged her
parents to go on a pilgrimage to the village. Though her parents, neighbors,
brothers, and other family members made the trek to Kibeho, they didn’t allow
Immaculée to go, as they feared for her safety…Read more here.
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Kids’ Play Area This week I picked up Vivi
and took her to the play area at the mall to run around for a while. It was fun to watch her size up the equipment
and the other kids for a bit, then climb over one thing a number of times before
she branched out to other equipment and became more vocal. My absolute favorite aspects of our outing
were the running over to me with a huge smile on her face, arms wide open, to
give me a hug. I’d hug and kiss her, and
tell her I loved her. I could hear her
say softly: “I love you” as she wandered back off to play again. Love those make-your-heart-melt moments!
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Lovelines Family Kevin
and I are incredibly blessed to have people in our lives that are essential members of our lovelines family. This week we have been very grateful for a
multitude of prayers from all over for Kevin’s smooth recovery. We’ve really enjoyed the delicious homemade
soups our siblings in Christ Laura and Jeff made for us.
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A Prayerful Vigil on the
Boulevard Great
News! Times TWO! At the 40 Days for Life vigil in Richmond Thursday, two more mothers chose life for their babies. Two women drove out of the abortion facility parking lot
and were offered help by the two women standing praying beside the driveway, on
the sidewalk. Both women in the
car were pregnant, and both accepted the offer of help, they were given
the phone number and the address for the nearby Pregnancy Resource Center. As they drove away, one was already calling
the number on the card to contact their office.Head over to Conversion Diary, to read Jen Fulwiler's wonderful tradition of 7Quick Takes Friday.
