Comments on: Counting Our Blessings by Maureen Locher http://new.catholicmom.com/2010/03/15/counting-our-blessings-by-maureen-locher/ Just another WordPress weblog Wed, 13 Apr 2011 01:09:53 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.0.4 By: Deacon Tom http://new.catholicmom.com/2010/03/15/counting-our-blessings-by-maureen-locher/comment-page-1/#comment-8646 Deacon Tom Tue, 16 Mar 2010 00:55:25 +0000 http://new.catholicmom.com/?p=8950#comment-8646 Hello Maureen... thanks for the column and the reminder. It's Monday evening as I read your column. Monday is the first day of my (work) week -- and I purposely make my morning prayer intentions mostly gratitude related. In fact, I have a typed list of things I'm grateful for.... faith, the sacraments, my dear wife Dee, the gift of becoming a deacon, certain priests in my life, the gifts of creation, etc., etc., etc. <br><br>And just to close with a smile.... many years ago in a land far, far away -- about 10 of us neighbors in a new housing development decided to SAVE MONEY by going together, buying fencing materials, renting a post hole digger, etc... The second yard we were working in - as we were digging a good sized hole to put cement into -- there was a nearly blinding flash and a loud explosion... You guessed it -- we value-oriented men cut power to about a block and a half.... Thanksgiving that none of us were injured or worse.... Blessings. :-) Hello Maureen… thanks for the column and the reminder. It's Monday evening as I read your column. Monday is the first day of my (work) week — and I purposely make my morning prayer intentions mostly gratitude related. In fact, I have a typed list of things I'm grateful for…. faith, the sacraments, my dear wife Dee, the gift of becoming a deacon, certain priests in my life, the gifts of creation, etc., etc., etc.

And just to close with a smile…. many years ago in a land far, far away — about 10 of us neighbors in a new housing development decided to SAVE MONEY by going together, buying fencing materials, renting a post hole digger, etc… The second yard we were working in – as we were digging a good sized hole to put cement into — there was a nearly blinding flash and a loud explosion… You guessed it — we value-oriented men cut power to about a block and a half…. Thanksgiving that none of us were injured or worse…. Blessings. :-)

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