Month: February 2026

“Low and Haunting”

I became a member of the ‘virtual front pew’ on week 17 of Ordinary Time 2021. I go to mass each week in my living room now. I used to just watch it on my phone. Something that I have known since I started going to mass here is that Fr. Mike is my contemporary. I think he’s three years older than me. He was 45 when I was 42?

I am on the fifth time going through the Bible a Year and I have just begun the Catechism in a Year and I really dig his message and most often; I cry. It’s cool though because I’m in my house by myself. I also will listen to his homily and Hallow multiple times before the next weekend.

I have already listened to this homily three times so far. But I am crying for a different reason. He talked about a Sia song that came out when I was still teaching and I was teaching Reading in my third classroom, which was a converted closet adjacent to the cafeteria, which was used as our gymnasium for PE classes.

The sixth graders played dodgeball on Friday. Something that everyone needs to know is that sixth graders at CCA understand that they are better dodgeball players if they scream so they all screamed at the top of their lungs for the entire class. Not a great thing when I am trying to teach kids to read on the other side of the door.

Fr.Mike referenced this song:

I really dug that week for Ordinary Time was the Beatitudes! Here’s Fr. Mike’s homily, which got me thinking:

I had never heard Sara Bareilles’ rendition of this song, but this song means so much to me because I heard it 1 million times every day well sixth grader graders screamed I was teaching!!!

A couple things I need to say before I post this video, it’s from her little black dress tour. I love that song! Absolutely love that song!!! I will put it here just so I can hear it again:

I never saw that video of her on tour with that song over playing what was going on. It puts this next video into context a little bit:

I’ve bawl my eyes out each time. I watch this rendition of this song. I think that it’s a bit cathartic, but #ItSiucksToSuck!!! #MSsucksTwentyFiveYearsIn!!! 😒😒😒…

A Prednisone Dog

So, Leia come to us in April 2020. It took a few months, but we found out that she has really bad skin! We tried a lot of things, but it did not work for her at all.

it was decided that she would just become a prednisone dog. The vet told us it would shorten her life, but it is the only thing that helped with the itching.

Well, it’s been a few years and we have decided to take her off prednisone. It was affecting her organs too much.

So, if anyone has any suggestions how to help with her itching, I would love ideas!!! #MyGirlL he’s kind of a mess right now and it’s a little bit scary… please be specific. Pictures would be great.

Brown Eyed Girl

So, I heard this song a few days ago and it reminded me of a summer festival at Saint Alphonsus. I think I’m in fifth grade. My friends and I went to the gym because there was AC there! I remember dancing like crazy to this song and my friend also had brown eyes so it was fitting. I have no idea what made me think of this. But I’m liking remembering it: