How Do I Keep the Faith When I’m So Damned Angry

 Well hello out there on this frigid Monday morning in January!!  Things are going fabulous in my new condo.  I have had so much fun decorating and what I mean by decorating I mean having things updated.  I started with having the carpet pulled up and having fabricated wood floors installed in the main living area, office and stairs.  Buying outdoor furniture for the patio, landscaping the back yard area and now having the upstairs painted.  All big projects but is giving the place a much needed face lift.  Much like what I feel like I could use at about this age... lol I believe I have mentioned my "boyfriend" in the past.  He was suppose to be joining me in the condo journey but he has since decided that he really does like living on his own and enjoys his own home way more than he thought and moving in with me isn't going to work for him.  I must tell you that I'd be lying if I didn't say that I was a bit disappointed in his decision for a...

 All Souls day.   All Soul's Day is the day we pray for the souls of the loved ones we have lost from this life. My morning started with Mass, remembering my loved ones who have pass this year, namely my Brother Jim, my friend Linda but also for those I have lost in the past, my brothers Mark and Paul and especially my husband Dick.   After Mass I went to the park for my walk and then to the graveyard to visit my husbands' grave.  What you don't realize is that in the last month I purchased a new headstone for the grave site that had a more pronounced vision of our last name memorializing Dick.  This is a dual stone for us as a couple as I have often felt the other headstone left me with a lonely type feeling for my husband. To my surprise upon arriving and driving toward the site I saw what looked like the new stone which indeed it was.  It was a magnificent sight and really filled me with joy.