by cazmac9910 | Feb 17, 2021 | Oozing
Lent has always been special to me. Growing up in the Catholic tradition, it was all about giving something up, like sodas or chocolate, and not eating meat on Fridays. I never understood the Lenten season until I was older. It is a time of reflection. A somber time...
by cazmac9910 | Dec 24, 2020 | Oozing
I did it. I said I would not, but I did. I started crying today while making my traditional Christmas morning cinnamon rolls. The dough was not coming out right, and I finally gave up, but the tears were not about the rolls, they were about my oldest son, Julian, not...
by cazmac9910 | Nov 30, 2020 | Oozing
When the season of Advent arrives, I am flooded with memories that warm my heart. And most of these memories are sparked by music. When I was a freshman at Houston Baptist University, I began playing in the orchestra at First Baptist Church of Houston. Every Christmas...
by cazmac9910 | Nov 9, 2020 | Oozing
I am weary. All of a sudden the impact of the virus has hit me. One of my dearest friends contracted the virus. Fortunately she is doing better, but it is scary. The election has caused me great anxiety. Despite our country having a President-Elect, the next weeks...
by cazmac9910 | Oct 26, 2020 | Oozing
I am ready for the election season to be over. I am ready for COVID-19 to be a thing of the past. I am ready to be in community with my friends and go out to eat or to watch a movie without worrying about the virus. So many of us are fed up with the state of the world...
by cazmac9910 | Oct 11, 2020 | Oozing
I have vivid recollections of what I was doing when quarantine began in March 2020. My family stayed home, we watched movies, cooked, and baked…a lot, did our school and church work and I spent time with my fabric. I am a quilter. Bringing together pieces of fabric to...
