Sue is Really Having Coffee with Mary Now

This is NOT by Sue Terbay writing. I wanted all of her blog readers to know that Sue passed away on the afternoon of Thursday, July 12. As she wrote in the last blog she posted, her cancer had "cooties." She learned last week that it had spread to her brain and that she would…

Morning Coffee with Mary: Sharing Our Lives…

As a mother of six and now grandmother of five, I have lots of stories stored away in that special place near my heart.   It isn’t that I’m an expert on motherhood – far from it but I do have stories to share and in sharing my stories I hope it opens the doors for…

My Cancer Has Cooties!!!!

  My most recent doctor visit was probably one of the most positive visits I have had for quite some time.   My appointments are good – informative and hopeful but this particular appointment confirmed I’m not crazy!! I have had some really bad days of late and I’m so frustrated about that.  A few weeks…

Courage

  Too often we have a mind set as to what courage signifies.  What does it mean to be courageous?  We think of  men and women on the field of battle during war; dare devils parachuting out of an airplane; a bystander saving a drowning person.  One evening I spent a couple of hours with…

We Are World Mothers

More than ever in our world our children need us - let it begin today....   Mohandus Gandhi is often called "the father of India." He once listed seven evils that destroy not only individual persons, but also entire countries: "politics without principle, pleasure without conscience, wealth without work, knowledge without character, business without morality,…

War and Cancer: Surviving but Never Escaping…Yet

    Nobody escapes being wounded. We all are wounded people, whether physically, emotionally, mentally, or spiritually. The main question is not "How can we hide our wounds?" so we don't have to be embarrassed, but "How can we put our woundedness in the service of others?" Henri Nouwen I recently found a three part…

The Eeyores in our Lives

Below is a something I wrote a couple of years ago about Father Jerry.  He is so much an Eeyore - even his voice sounds like the character.  Once again to Father Jerry...... Thanks. It's not much of a tail, but I'm sort of attached to it. Eeyore I have always loved the  stories of Winnie…

What Is That Smell?!?!?

    The week before Easter my two youngest grandchildren- Chirison and James visited us from Minnesota.  It was a wonderful Easter surprise. On a recent phone call Chirison wondered why I had not written a blog lately.  Well the truth be known I haven’t written much of anything of late.  My cancer seems to…

Dealing with Cancer and it’s Attitude

  This past week I had to have scans along with other tests to see why I’m experiencing more pain and why my body seems to be resorting back to the time I first found out I had cancer and the return of the cancer in my bones.   Apparently the cancer has returned to the…

Broken Vessels

May we all become reflections of God's love.... Broken Vessels With each snap of the whip With each piercing of the thorns With each strike of the hammer With each gasp of breath Shattering sounds begin to echo around the earth.   As the thunder claps As the sky darkens As the curtain tears As…

The Resurrection and Thoughts to Ponder….

...As we all know the story does not end here with the death of Jesus.  It is only the beginning as the animals soon learn…. After the stone is placed in front of the cave, the animals remain vigilant. Zechariah and Benjamin scamper to and from the big city, bringing back food, and Esther flies…