Why should we not seek to be free of difficulties (especially in light of the fact that we will be free of them in heaven)? Why does God not want us to be fixated on our imperfections? How do we balance that with needing to be mindful of our imperfections? How can we become more “pliable”? Saint Francis mentions that we have to be careful if we go a while without committing a fault, because we could always fall into committing big faults. Why should we be careful of this? Take this reflectio
May 17, 11:14 AM
VisitationSiste: Take this reflection in relation to what Jesus teaches us about “plank of wood in our eye.” Does this mean we should ignore another’s faults and imperfections?
May 17, 11:14 AM
VisitationSiste: Sun chat May 17 730pm est
May 17, 7:28 PM
Patti McClellan: Perhaps not ignore so much as overlook with courtesy and kindness. Not react to, but rather respond with love.
May 17, 7:28 PM
VisitationSiste: Welcome Patti
May 17, 7:29 PM
Patti McClellan: Thanks. Glad to have this to do during this quarantine time.
May 17, 7:30 PM
VisitationSiste: Have you been at chat in the past?
May 17, 7:30 PM
Patti McClellan: No, this is my first time.
May 17, 7:31 PM
VisitationSiste: Enjoy! I see a few other viewers- not signed in yet
May 17, 7:31 PM
Carroll V (Guest): Hi Mother Susan Marie. Hi Patti- welcome!
May 17, 7:32 PM
VisitationSiste: Welcome back Carroll
May 17, 7:32 PM
Patti McClellan: I am a great devotee of Leonie Martin. Hoping to learn more about the Visitation way of life, and perhaps how it might help me during this weird time. Hi, Carroll V.
May 17, 7:32 PM
VisitationSiste: Yes her cause in before Rome
May 17, 7:32 PM
Patti McClellan: Great!
May 17, 7:33 PM
VisitationSiste: We are a cloistered Order, contemplative life of prayer which includes many forms of prayer
May 17, 7:34 PM
Carroll V (Guest): Hi Dawn
May 17, 7:34 PM
VisitationSiste: Hi Dawn!
May 17, 7:34 PM
Dawn (Guest): Hi Sr Susan. God bless you. I saw your message on email that said chat in 10 minutes. providence!
May 17, 7:35 PM
Dawn (Guest): or signal grace
May 17, 7:35 PM
VisitationSiste: Yes some new things happening!
May 17, 7:35 PM
VisitationSiste: First Q: Why should we not seek to be free of difficulties (especially in light of the fact that we will be free of them in heaven)?
May 17, 7:36 PM
Patti McClellan: Hi Dawn! I am an old lady (71)and not likely to enter any Order. Maybe we are asked to endure in order to be changed by the refiner’s fire.
May 17, 7:36 PM
Dawn (Guest): difficulties, our cross, help to sanctify us
May 17, 7:37 PM
Dawn (Guest): Hi Patti and Carroll V
May 17, 7:37 PM
Patti McClellan: Yes!
May 17, 7:37 PM
Carroll V (Guest): Our difficulties bring opportunities for merit… doing God’s Will in the midst of difficulty pleases Him even more than when it is easy for us… It’s like a little sacrifice.
May 17, 7:38 PM
Patti McClellan: It may, however, feel very hard to do in the moment. The grand gestures are easier than the every day pinpricks, eh?
May 17, 7:39 PM
Carroll V (Guest): Oh yes.
May 17, 7:39 PM
Guest3902 (Guest): hi mother susan marie kasprazk.this is betty chao i say hi to you.
May 17, 7:40 PM
Patti McClellan: Hi Betty
May 17, 7:40 PM
VisitationSiste: Hi Betty
May 17, 7:40 PM
VisitationSiste: I think meeting challenges spiritually helps us grow
May 17, 7:40 PM
Patti McClellan: No doubt you are correct, sister.
May 17, 7:42 PM
Patti McClellan: Are all the rest of you considering entering the Order?
May 17, 7:42 PM
Guest3902 (Guest): dear mother susan this is letter from bettychao .when i listen to you interview with fr match packwa. that is been very helpful to me to getting very closed to jesus christ.
May 17, 7:42 PM
VisitationSiste: I glad it was of help to you
May 17, 7:44 PM
Guest3902 (Guest): and when i sleep i dream about jesus healing two blind man and i saw the picture of divine mercy jesus shine upond me when i sleep and i saw the holyspirit felt my soul and i saw the holy eurcharist body and blood of jesus.that is what i saw when i sleep in dream.this is bettychao
May 17, 7:44 PM
Dawn (Guest): No, to late. I would if it were Gods will. I think it would be a beautiful life.
May 17, 7:45 PM
Ruth (Guest): Hi. Secure sign-in still does not recognize me, but no trouble signing in the old way, as guest.
May 17, 7:45 PM
Carroll V (Guest): Next to being with Jesus in Heaven, my heart would love nothing more. But, God has not seen fit to allow that thus far… I know His timing is oerfect in all things, so I am committed to being of service in the world for now. This chat and our studies here bring beautiful consolation.
May 17, 7:47 PM
Carroll V (Guest): perfect
May 17, 7:47 PM
VisitationSiste: Hi Ruth
May 17, 7:47 PM
Carroll V (Guest): Hi Ruth
May 17, 7:47 PM
VisitationSiste: Q 2 Why does God not want us to be fixated on our imperfections? How do we balance that with needing to be mindful of our imperfections?
May 17, 7:48 PM
Dawn (Guest): Hi Ruth.
May 17, 7:49 PM
Guest3902 (Guest): sister susan i already tell you what i saw in my holy version about jesus,what do you think? i want hear from you.that dream is my prayer version aman. i ask my church father my church father say jesus do apear version in dreams about messege,i think that is my father charles tell me.and mom say because jesus want talk to you by dream and pray
May 17, 7:51 PM
Patti McClellan: Being mindful is not being self-obsessed. Betty, I think of David dreaming and then interpreting his dreams, or interpreting the dreams of others to Pharoh.Perhaps a spiritual director is a good idea. I have had one for many years.
May 17, 7:52 PM
Guest3902 (Guest): sister susan marie where are you? bettychao
May 17, 7:53 PM
Ruth (Guest): Hello everyone. If we are mindful of our imperfections it helps us be humble and be able to be forgiving of others’ imperfections. But if we “fixate” on them, we are liable to be less THANKFUL than we ought to be for all the good things God has been doing in, for, and through us — and likely to be angry, frustrated, or irritable — and certainly those qualities do not draw people to Christ. He wants us joyful, at least for the most part — even in the face of trails.
May 17, 7:57 PM
Ruth (Guest): Corr: trials
May 17, 7:57 PM
Dawn (Guest): hi Carol Ann
May 17, 7:57 PM
VisitationSiste: Fixating onn anything can be negative, true
May 17, 7:58 PM
Guest3902 (Guest): let me tell you a song i sing.the joy of the lord is my strengh his faithfulness felt our hearts and make us holy.let us worship bow down and see the glory of the lord.let us be sing a joyful to the lord and his spirit is our guider,through christ the lord we pray alelluia amen, let us make sighn of cross when we pray.my prayer letter for the mother susan marie
May 17, 7:58 PM
Ruth (Guest): Is Visitation Sister, Sr. Susan Marie or a different Visitation Sister — perhaps from Toledo, OH?
May 17, 7:58 PM
Carroll V (Guest): Yes- If we are fixated on ourselves, we are not available to be loving towards others… and the result of true humility will result in never being astonished by our weaknesses or faults, rather doing our best to do God’s Will in spite of them.
May 17, 7:58 PM
Carol Ann: Hi Everyone! Happy Sunday!
May 17, 7:59 PM
Carroll V (Guest): Hi Carol Ann
May 17, 8:00 PM
Carol Ann: I agree with what you are saying about fixation on our imperfections. I can get stuck in that rut but am learning to replace those feelings with thoughts if Jesus
May 17, 8:01 PM
Guest3902 (Guest): let us be humbled just like jesus amd mary humbled even those cheif priest been very rude to God .but even the Annas and caiphas judge jesus .jesus bow down and humbled accept Gods well and forgive those people who say bad things about him.
May 17, 8:01 PM
VisitationSiste: Our imperfections are opportunities to grow and also to increase our dependence on the Lord
May 17, 8:02 PM
Carol Ann: I can’t stop any of mine on my own, thats forvsure
May 17, 8:02 PM
Dawn (Guest): Of all things to read, for me, it is the Gospel. it helps to dispel my disordered worldly view of what God wants of me or what disciples were. I fail God everyday and if it were not for his love and grace Im sure I would, by myself, plummet myself into hell.
May 17, 8:02 PM
Ruth (Guest): Happy Sunday, to all of you. Glad you were able to make it Carol Ann, Carroll, Dawn Welcome Patti. I’m 75 — and probably exactly where God wants me to be right now. A few years ago I was still “dreaming” of maybe becoming a sister. Betty, that is a blessing to have dreams about Jesus. And that is a wonderful uplifting song.
May 17, 8:03 PM
Patti McClellan: The Lord is my light and my salvation, scripture says. Whom shall I fear? The Lord is the stronghold of my life. If whom shall I be afraid. I am usually my own worst enemy!
May 17, 8:04 PM
Carol Ann: Its a challenge to get here with formation sometimes, but its worth it
May 17, 8:04 PM
Patti McClellan: Of whom
May 17, 8:05 PM
Guest3902 (Guest): visitation sister when I go to the wax museum I saw the last supper and I saw the jesus last supper is shine upond me.and I ask mom say why jesus hands shine upond me.mom tell me jesus want you love his holy eurcharist and getting closed to his holy alter and been mindful think about him when he die for us on the cross becuase our sins and he want you accept his mercy.this is bettychao to the visitation sisters
May 17, 8:05 PM
Dawn (Guest): glad you make it Carol ann
May 17, 8:05 PM
Patti McClellan: I thought of being a Poor Clare when I was 17, but turned out my mother was married before she married my dad, which made me unsuitable for enclosure.
May 17, 8:06 PM
Patti McClellan: The Visitation Order seems to emphasize kindness and gentleness. These are things I seek to develop in my old age.
May 17, 8:07 PM
VisitationSiste: The charism yes is humility and gentleness and all little virtues, patience etc
May 17, 8:08 PM
VisitationSiste: Betty you receive many gifts from the Lord!
May 17, 8:08 PM
Ruth (Guest): We are all ENTIRELY dependent of God — even for our very existence, for every breath; I do not think it is possible to increase our dependence on the Lord, only to become more aware of it. Our trials may help us to KNOW or realize that we depend on God,
May 17, 8:08 PM
VisitationSiste: so true!
May 17, 8:09 PM
VisitationSiste: Q3 How can we become more “pliable”?
May 17, 8:09 PM
Guest3902 (Guest): the lord is my shephered i dont have anything i worry and he let me relax in the green grass and he sent his holy spirit calm me down like fresh water.and his holy spirit rich my soul my mind and guide me walk in the holy way.may his way shall done upond me.amen alelluia shout to the lord and praise him
May 17, 8:09 PM
Dawn (Guest): yes, Ruth!
May 17, 8:09 PM
Patti McClellan: Practice courtesy, kindness, justice and love?
May 17, 8:10 PM
Carol Ann: That is a brilliant insight Ruth
May 17, 8:11 PM
Patti McClellan: I am going to have to leave chat. My back hurts very much, due to crushed discs. Pain makes patience difficult sometimes. Please pray for me. Thanks. Know that you are all in my heart and in my payers.
May 17, 8:11 PM
Carol Ann: God bless you Patti
May 17, 8:12 PM
Dawn (Guest): Goodnight Patti. God bless you
May 17, 8:12 PM
Carroll V (Guest): Thank you for being here Patti- please come again!
May 17, 8:12 PM
Patti McClellan: You too, Carol Ann. And all the rest. Sister, have a blessed evening. You are welcome, Carroll. Hoodf might Dawn.
May 17, 8:13 PM
VisitationSiste: Glad you were here Patti
May 17, 8:13 PM
Patti McClellan: Ha! Good night. Be nice if I could spell. Me too sister. Maybe next week.
May 17, 8:13 PM
Dawn (Guest): Q3 is difficult for me. I right away want to resist it.I think because I do not understand it.
May 17, 8:14 PM
VisitationSiste: How to do it or the question? Pliable is like flexible
May 17, 8:14 PM
Carol Ann: It makes me feel like we are giving up control. As if we ever had any
May 17, 8:15 PM
Ruth (Guest): Patti, this, too, shall pass; refinement in the fire of pain — a gift we would not ask for. May he bless and console you and help you find at least enough relief to KNOW THAT YOU ARE LOVED. Peace, and blessings. Thanks for your prayers.
May 17, 8:15 PM
Carroll V (Guest): The more we act on doing God’s Will with a loving heart, the more pliable we become… just as the more we respond to grace & promptings from the Holy Spirit, the more grace we receive.
May 17, 8:15 PM
Dawn (Guest): how to do it. or why it is good. If I follow the will of another, this has not always been a good thing.
May 17, 8:16 PM
Dawn (Guest): If while going to a place, I find a Sister who tells me that I should go to a different one, the will of God for me is that I should do what she wants (v14). But if my feeling on the matter is opposite of hers, the will of God for her is that she give in to me. Thus, it should be in all indifferent actions.
May 17, 8:17 PM
Guest3902 (Guest): when i watch the life of jesus the movie call king of king filming by jeffery hunter,that bible movie talk about jesus .i saw when jesus talk to his friends jesus saw some people catch mary madglen and say alots of bad words about him and try to use human thoughts and judge her when jesus saw this he say there is one amond you have no sins cast a stone. I think your sins bigger then her and you have no right to judge anyone and jesus say to the woman I forgive you sins go and no more sins.
May 17, 8:18 PM
Dawn (Guest): this is a beautiful scripture Betty
May 17, 8:18 PM
VisitationSiste: Ah I see. I think the q is in relation to our imperfections- sometimes we are rigid in how we behave so it is hard to change how to we change our own behavior- be more flexible in our own actions
May 17, 8:21 PM
Carroll V (Guest): Ah- by focusing on the needs and desires of others… putting others before ourselves
May 17, 8:21 PM
Dawn (Guest): oh. yes, sometimes there is tendency in me to hold onto something, the force of this dependant on how difficult the situation is. the more difficult the more I try to grasp!
May 17, 8:22 PM
VisitationSiste: Hello LuAnn
May 17, 8:22 PM
Dawn (Guest): esp when I am being led thru new things
May 17, 8:22 PM
VisitationSiste: holding on to the familiar- even the familiar about ourselves!
May 17, 8:22 PM
Carol Ann: Which can be hard if we are in that rut due to injury
May 17, 8:22 PM
Ruth (Guest): I think “practicing” in little, every day things may help us be more flexible when it comes to the bigger issues. I found the passage difficult, too, Dawn, mainly because of those little examples in it, like you quoted. The key is that it needs to be in morally indifferent matters.
May 17, 8:24 PM
Dawn (Guest): yes, carol ann. exposing. this may be where he wants to heal us.
May 17, 8:24 PM
Carol Ann: It is like the servant who was trustworthy in small matters getting more responsibilities
May 17, 8:24 PM
LuAnn Deane: Hello, been meaning to stop in here, but always miss the timing …
May 17, 8:25 PM
Dawn (Guest): Sr Susan. I wonder how often I do this! how can we ever grow if we do this!
May 17, 8:25 PM
VisitationSiste: Growth can come from grace which comes from God!
May 17, 8:25 PM
Guest3902 (Guest): there has a other gaspel talk about jesus forgive sins.this gaspel is come from St luke.when jesus eating with the pharises and teach them and talk to them there has a woman come to jesus and cry out his feet and bow down and use her tears to wipe jesus feet and beg jesus forgive her sins.the pharises say this is jesus the Gods son he is the messiah and he know what kind of that woman she is and she live in the sinful life.Jesus say I know what happened to that woman some people own the money and give back
May 17, 8:26 PM
Ruth (Guest): Sometimes, when I am arguing fiercely for a particular course of action — e.g. a life/death issue for a patient who is unable to express his wishes and has no family — and facing strong opposition, and accused of not going along with other people, I say “It is not as if we are planning a picnic!” These matters MATTER. But there are little things that don’t matter much. In these it may be the “best” course to give in to the wishes of another.
May 17, 8:27 PM
Guest3902 (Guest): look that woman wipe out jesus feet and confess her sins and jesus say to her peace be to you go you way I already forgive you sins and you do loving kindness love to serve me. go and peace
May 17, 8:29 PM
Dawn (Guest): this is also a deep beautiful scripture Betty
May 17, 8:29 PM
Carol Ann: Hi LuAnne
May 17, 8:29 PM
Carroll V (Guest): Yes, Betty. That is one of my favorite passages.
May 17, 8:29 PM
VisitationSiste: Forgiveness is essential Betty, yes!
May 17, 8:30 PM
VisitationSiste: Last Q Take this reflection in relation to what Jesus teaches us about “plank of wood in our eye.” Does this mean we should ignore another’s faults and imperfections?
May 17, 8:31 PM
VisitationSiste: I think we should as St Francis says, find excuses forothers if we can, but if not, be gentle with the other. I am not sure I represent him correctly here.
May 17, 8:31 PM
VisitationSiste: I do hve to leave now Many blessings
May 17, 8:31 PM
Ruth (Guest): Hi LuAnne. This is a good, supportive group. Welcome!
May 17, 8:31 PM
Carol Ann: No but we should be extremely cautious about whether or not it is our place to speak
May 17, 8:31 PM
LuAnn Deane: Thank you – I hope to catch more next week.
May 17, 8:31 PM
Dawn (Guest): thank you Sr! God bless and
May 17, 8:31 PM
Carol Ann: Thank you Sister
May 17, 8:32 PM
Guest3902 (Guest): ruth and sisters I have to leave now go and peace to love and serve the lord.let us all say thanks be to God.Bettychao
May 17, 8:32 PM
Carol Ann: Bless you Betty
May 17, 8:32 PM
Dawn (Guest): goodnight Betty
May 17, 8:32 PM
Carroll V (Guest): Have a Blessed week everyone- I appreciate you all very much!
May 17, 8:33 PM
Ruth (Guest): Good night, Betty. Peace.
May 17, 8:33 PM
Carol Ann: Good night Carroll
May 17, 8:33 PM
Dawn (Guest): goodnight Carroll thank you. see you next week
May 17, 8:36 PM
Carroll V (Guest): Hopefully- I am working the night shift in a skilled nursing and acute rehab facility now. So, depends on schedules and timing. I always appreciate reflecting on your chat when I am not able to attend. God be praised!
May 17, 8:36 PM
Carol Ann: How are you both tonight? Did you feel the earthquake Dawn.
May 17, 8:38 PM
Dawn (Guest): No, I did not but others around here did. there was alot of excitement. I am signed up to alerts on USGS. there were so many alerts! my email was full, I thought it may be spam. but not. did you feel it?
May 17, 8:39 PM
Carol Ann: No, we are too far away. but I sure know what it feels like
May 17, 8:40 PM
Dawn (Guest): just thinking that, to far. yes, Im sure you know them. here when we have a swarm I wonder how much pressure it has put on our local volcano. there are so many fault lines here, interesting!
May 17, 8:41 PM
Carol Ann: We usually feel more, we’ve been having some littler ones in the dead of nihjt
May 17, 8:42 PM
Dawn (Guest): so we have daily 3.0 and higher, lessor. NV is farther away. that was incredible to see the the swarm!
May 17, 8:42 PM
Ruth (Guest): I think a lot of these rules apply well to life in a monastery or in a family or with friends. I find that my habit of thinking the best of another of making excuses for others bad behavior has very nearly gotten me killed, literally or has cost me unbelievable harm. If we are among people of good will, fine. If, on the other hand we are in a “neighbor hood of thieves” as the R& H song goes, then it is important to be wary. I thought I guy was trying to help me when he pressed a semi-automatic weapon to
May 17, 8:42 PM
Carol Ann: It is. It feels like the ground will never stop shaking
May 17, 8:43 PM
Ruth (Guest): my chest.
May 17, 8:43 PM
Carol Ann: Yikes Ruth!
May 17, 8:43 PM
Ruth (Guest): Second example cut off. I am too long winded!
May 17, 8:43 PM
Dawn (Guest): oh ruth! right!
May 17, 8:44 PM
Carol Ann: It is very disconcerting to watch trees and everything roll with the sesimic waves
May 17, 8:45 PM
Dawn (Guest): yes. or the ground!
May 17, 8:47 PM
Ruth (Guest): Wow! I did not realize you were experiencing earth quakes today.
May 17, 8:48 PM
Carol Ann: Not today, but the Nevada quake was this week
May 17, 8:48 PM
Dawn (Guest): everyday. but NV had a swarm of big earthguakes and highways split apart, interesting
May 17, 8:48 PM
Ruth (Guest): I think it was yesterday when my alert alarm radio sounded for the first time. I tuned in the radio, searched for an explanation. Never found one.\
May 17, 8:49 PM
Dawn (Guest): cool you have one of those
May 17, 8:49 PM
Carol Ann: Vermont had snow last weekend. Was it weather?
May 17, 8:50 PM
Dawn (Guest): we are expecting snow, in winter storm warning now. cold rainy
May 17, 8:50 PM
Carol Ann: I saw that photo–it will take w’eeks to repair it
May 17, 8:50 PM
Carol Ann: In May? Wow!
May 17, 8:50 PM
Ruth (Guest): Perhaps. But snow is normal here. I had heard that in some areas there were warnings about cyclones. It may have had to do with that.
May 17, 8:50 PM
Dawn (Guest): I know. haha
May 17, 8:51 PM
Dawn (Guest): cyclone? wow
May 17, 8:51 PM
Carol Ann: They say we might get the tail end of that tomorrow morning
May 17, 8:51 PM
Ruth (Guest): Yes. Today it got up to 62 degrees but three days ago it snowed for half the day, and the next morning the ground and trees were covered with a heavy frost.
May 17, 8:52 PM
Carol Ann: Weather has gone nuts
May 17, 8:52 PM
Dawn (Guest): then, in the blink of an eye, the heat will come
May 17, 8:52 PM
Dawn (Guest): yes it sure has
May 17, 8:52 PM
Dawn (Guest): I was so surprised you had snow ruth, and then its coming here
May 17, 8:53 PM
Ruth (Guest): Typically, there is skiing though May on the mountains around here.
May 17, 8:54 PM
Ruth (Guest): I think the “weather” — the patterns — typically travel from West to East.
May 17, 8:55 PM
Carol Ann: Yes, but don’t you get more from Canada?
May 17, 8:58 PM
Ruth (Guest): Occasionally a polar wind will dip down here. But Saranac Lake is ordinarily the coldest spot on the map of the US, including the inhabited parts of Alaska. When we go even 30-40 miles north from here it is like a week or two later in the spring, a week or two earlier in the fall. It probably has a lot to do with the altitude. A lot of our vegetables come from Canada. The growing season is longer.
May 17, 9:00 PM
Carol Ann: I did not know that you are up so high
May 17, 9:05 PM
Ruth (Guest): It is not at all high compared to the Rocky mountains. Our highest peaks are only about 4,000 feet.
May 17, 9:05 PM
Ruth (Guest): There are 46 peaks over 3,000 feet.
May 17, 9:05 PM
Carol Ann: That’s getting up there though, almost as high as Denver
May 17, 9:06 PM
Ruth (Guest): But Denver is at the BASE of Pikes Peak.
May 17, 9:07 PM
Ruth (Guest): My house is in a little valley at about 1400 feet.
May 17, 9:08 PM
Carol Ann: We are about 25 feet below sea level
May 17, 9:08 PM
Ruth (Guest): I went up Pikes Peak with a group from U. of Denver when I was visiting my brother in Denver nearly 50 years ago.
May 17, 9:08 PM
Ruth (Guest): I did not realize that Carol Ann.
May 17, 9:09 PM
Ruth (Guest): Is that why the mud slides impacted you so much?
May 17, 9:10 PM
Carol Ann: It’s weird to think of, but the shorebis lined by cliffs and dunes, we are in a valley between them and the Santa Ynez mountains
May 17, 9:11 PM
Carol Ann: The big slide was because of the fire which burned so hot the topsoil actually turned to glass. And then it rained 4 inches in about half an hour tight after that
May 17, 9:11 PM
Ruth (Guest): I was mistaken about the hight of Whiteface. It’s 4,867 ft.
May 17, 9:12 PM
Carol Ann: Geologically speaking, we are actually living in too of the last big flow. Nobody tried yo haul that onevaway
May 17, 9:13 PM
Ruth (Guest): Glass! Wow! apparently not contiguous enough though, to hold the soil back.
May 17, 9:14 PM
Ruth (Guest): I knew it had to do with the fire followed by rain.
May 17, 9:14 PM
Carol Ann: No, the rain was just too much and the creek mouths all gave way too
May 17, 9:16 PM
Dawn (Guest): weather is exciting to me. sometimes I tune into the storm chasers , following cells tornados like that.
May 17, 9:17 PM
Dawn (Guest): I think I would of liked to be a sister. then perhaps a storm chaser in a habit lol
May 17, 9:17 PM
Carol Ann: It’s fascinating. Hard to look away
May 17, 9:19 PM
Carol Ann: You know, it could be so Dawn
May 17, 9:19 PM
Dawn (Guest): Looking out my window the sky is getting dark, the wond picking up. trees pines bending in wind. not a bird to be heard! Have a blessed peaceful evening both of you. God bless!
May 17, 9:20 PM
Dawn (Guest): it could, but I am past the age. unless I somehow knew about some women become sister by a certain canon law and are not associated with a order. interesting
May 17, 9:20 PM
Carol Ann: God bless you too Dawn!
May 17, 9:21 PM
Carol Ann: Id better let you go Ruth, its after 9 where you are
May 17, 9:21 PM
Dawn (Guest): goodnight Carol Ann and Ruth!
May 17, 9:22 PM
Ruth (Guest): It’s getting cold in here, and I closed windows before dusk, before Chat. It’s fun chatting with you, but I need to have a little supper and get to bed. 9:19 PM here. Lots of birch trees snapped. I was up too late last night. Peace. Have a blessed week, both of you. Good night.
May 17, 9:23 PM
Carol Ann: Peace be with you! Email later