Author Archives: lamehousewife

About lamehousewife

poetry, articles, thoughts, and quotes... on a quest to be authentic in my motherhood, sisterhood, and daughterhood, but i can tend to become Juvenalian sometimes, maybe in writing but also in life, reading Swift's "A Modest Proposal" as if i were hearing a friend speak to me about the how ridiculous some ideas can become, especially when they begin to drift into reality, mocking all of us really... i identify with Mary Magdalene, James, and Peter and am extremely grateful for that woman who said, "Yes!"...oh and i can be pretty lame...blessings to you, dear reader...pray for a single mother, her children, and the father of her children today!

never indoctrinated (poem)

it didn’t happen perhaps they forgot there was no memorization program perhaps they buried it there was nothing on display perhaps there was a scheme to twist the information that was all i was allowed to see – school antagonized … Continue reading

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The Pink Lady (short story/ poem collage)

we have a calendar in our house from 1989 it’s still on December my mom said we’ll never get a new one you would think it’s still Christmas in our place or that she wanted to hold onto that year … Continue reading

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i wish i could (poem)

a garden glove – i wish i could sow love into those places of your past – the forgotten smile the distracted gaze the irritated word the lonely hug – i pray that with God’s generosity Jesus will pour His … Continue reading

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There’s something about Mary…and Francis…

I would like to share this link for anyone who would like to read a catechesis given in 2008 from the new pope before he was pope on the Eucharist and Mary called “The Eucharist, Gift of God for the World.” … Continue reading

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