A Game-Winning Goal

Beth's team won!!! It was so exciting....the score was 0-0 and we were in our second overtime, sudden death.
With a little over two minutes to play, someone passed the ball to Beth and she scored! Not only did they win, but we had the joy of Beth scoring the game-winning goal.
I yelled so much tonight, I'm hoarse. It was really cold outside during the game, only in the 30's and we were out there for over two hours, but it was worth it. The team they beat was ranked 25th in the nation, and fourth regionally, where Beth's team is not ranked nationally and is ranked 8th in the region. This team is our biggest competition every year and it was the first time in Beth's four years that they beat them on their field.
Next Tuesday, they will have the seminfinals for the conference tournament.

A peaceful, restful night to all....

Heading to Lexington

We're leaving in a few hours to drive to Lexington to Beth's soccer game. This is a big one! This game will determine if they finish the conference in first or second place. Beth is really nervous, poor darlin'! She knows her team is depending on her to score and she always gets fouled a lot because of it. Last Saturday, the game was so nasty that way, her coach finally took her out because she was afraid she would get injured and she wanted her to be able to play tonight.
I just pray that she (and her teammates) play their best and don't get hurt.

A blessed, peaceful Tuesday to all....

Praying for our country

I just finished saying a Divine Mercy Chaplet for the election. As I prayed, it came to my mind that I have never felt such a conviction that an election could be as important as this one. I feel the forces of evil are heavy at work.
Every time I think of the Freedom of Choice Act that Obama wants to push through if he is elected, I feel a bit sick, thinking about the babies that will die and their mothers who will be spiritually destroyed or damaged, perhaps without even realizing that it is happening to them.
I think how they want to force medical schools to teach young doctors how to perform abortions and how they want to force doctors and nurses to perform them against their consciences.
How can a man be supportive of killing babies who are born alive, despite an attempt to abort them? How could anyone look at a helpless baby and leave them to die? It pains my heart. I can't help but feel that there is something wrong with a person who condones such an abomination. How can we even think of having a man who thinks like this lead our country?
I pray that our dear Lord have mercy on our country. I pray that His will be done. I keep remembering Abraham pleading with God to spare Sodom...

Andy

We've had a relaxing day....
It started out with 11 AM Mass and a quick lunch out. Then we went up to Xavier University to watch the men's soccer game. Last summer, at our Bible Institute, we met a young man (Andy) who is a student at XU and on their soccer team. He's from Idaho, and he wasn't able to go home for the summer (in fact, he hasn't been home since last Christmas). He took a class on teaching the Bible and we started talking to him and took him out for lunch along with our friends Paul and Denise. His parents are immigrants from Romania and had to endure all sorts of things there because of their Christian faith. His parents have not been able to ever come here to visit or see him play (and this is his junior year) so we decided to go to some of his games and be his "family". So two weeks ago, Paul and Denise, and some of their kids, Will, Mark, Michael, John and I went to his game, and then today, Paul and Denise, and five of their kids and Mark and I and our boys went. After the game we took him out to dinner and spent over three hours there talking about different things and learning more about him and his life. He is a very nice young man and has strong moral values and beliefs. He is attending college on athletic and academic scholarships. We really enjoyed his company. Afterwards, Mark, Paul, Denise, and I were talking and decided that we are going to find some way to get his parents here next year for at least one weekend. Usually when they play at home, they have two games...one on Friday and one on Sunday. So we're hoping to get them here on one of those weekends next year. He really misses them and is so excited about getting to go home for Christmas. He has a younger brother who really misses him too. I can't imagine being his mom and only getting to see him three weeks a year....breaks my heart to think about!
We arrived home about 8 o'clock and now I've been catching up on some reading and have talked to Denise several times about what we can do to get Andy's parents here next year and some other things we can do here to help him out.
It's been a peaceful, blessed day.....
I hope and pray that all of you have had a joyful Sunday....filled with the His peace and love....

Novenas for the election

Tomorrow I will be joining a group of people who will be saying the Divine Mercy Chaplet everyday until election...that the dear Lord will have mercy on our country and give us the president we need.
Then Monday I will be starting the rosary novena to Our Lady of Victory that Fr. John Corapi has recommended that we do also for the election.

I feel our country is at a crossroads. So much is at stake and so many lives hang in the balance. Innocent human lives.

Dreary Friday

I'm in a contemplative mood today...
It's dreary and raining....one of those days where the temperatures become colder instead of warmer.
I was up early taking my mom to the hospital for some blood tests and now even though it's only midday, I'm ready for a nap. I think I'll curl up on the bed for a while and take one, then proceed with school for the day. I need to finish up with Michael today because we will be gone all day tomorrow for Beth's soccer game up near Toledo.

I find myself thinking about life so much lately. I keep reading everything about the election and I keep praying that our dear Lord will have mercy on our country....that He will not permit the progress that's been made in the prolife movement these last years to be swept away. The possibilities of what's ahead are daunting when I think of them.
But I keep remembering that He's in charge...it's all in His hands....and so I pray.

Last night Mark and I heard some of our neighbors fighting....a rarity here in our normally peaceful neighborhood. The couple sounded as if they had both been drinking and they were standing outside screaming at each other. They are new to the neighborhood and keep to themselves. I know they have young children and I found myself wondering if they were awake and listening. The woman kept screaming "I hate you!" to him and he just kept mumbling back to her. Lots of profanities started pouring out and finally he went back into the house.
She stood outside crying and then started taking a brick and throwing it at his car, hitting the sides. It seemed she was taking out all her frustrations throwing that brick....
Finally her sobs grew quieter and she went back into the house and turned out the lights.
I felt so bad for her.
Today the house seems quiet....the cars in the driveway are gone...and I wonder how they're all feeling.

Off to my nap....a peaceful, blessed Friday to all....

Today when I tried to talk to the person mentioned in my last post, I said that they were hurting my feelings, and their answer was "I can't help how you feel."
Wow....that just felt like another stab in my heart.
I don't think they meant it exactly as it sounded, but it sure didn't feel good to me.

A beautiful day here...the sky is bright blue and the air is so fall-like. I'm trying to enjoy it because the next three days are supposed to bring gray skies and rain.
The trees this year are definitely not the beautiful fall colors we're used to.
I have to be content with the beautiful days instead. I can't believe that tomorrow is only a week until Halloween. The month is flying quickly....
I'm off to take a walk with my darlin' husband...then return for a simple dinner, some schoolwork with the boys, and going to Adoration for one of the best hours of my week.

A blessed evening to all.....