Author Archives: bobbietaylor

Pope’s Fiat

Posted on September 26, 2015 by bobbietaylor

Fiat. Much has made by the secular media of the little Italian-made car that transported the Holy Father these past days, during his visit to the United States… Rightly so, as the unpretentious car was seen as an outward sign … Continue reading →

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Patient wannabee

Posted on September 24, 2015 by bobbietaylor

From my earliest days, I don’t think I knew I really had only one given name. So equally often did I hear two names from the lips of my mother. Bobbie, on the one hand.   …PatienceChildPatience, on the other. Not … Continue reading →

Posted in Childhood, Patience, Virtues | 4 Comments

Our Father–can you relate?

Posted on September 17, 2015 by bobbietaylor

Jesus told His Church–His body of followers–to pray, “Our Father who art in heaven…. (Overly?) Sensitive from my youngest years about being an only child, my friends’ complaints about having to share bedrooms, do without wished-for toys, or wear hand-me-downs … Continue reading →

Posted in Church, Community, Onliness, Our Father, Siblings, Spiritual Journey, Spiritual Journey Thursday | 8 Comments

Grandmothers, Carnations, and Unborn Babies

Posted on September 13, 2015 by bobbietaylor

Carnations in white, as well as in many pastel colors, stems soaking in huge buckets of water, gaily filled our church vestibule this morning. Proceeds from the flower sale will help support women facing crisis pregnancies. Today is Grandparents Day. … Continue reading →

Posted in Abortion, Babies, Contraception, Crisis Pregnancies, Grandmothers, Grandparents Day, Inspirational, Life | Leave a comment

9/11; 911: a call for help

Posted on September 11, 2015 by bobbietaylor

Not a happy camper when, as an acquisitions editor, the publisher did some academic product list swapping and I lost a list I had begun, a list filled with authors and teachers with whom I had grown especially close. The … Continue reading →

Posted in Death, Dying, Hope, Priests, September 11, Terror Attacks, World Trade Center | Leave a comment

In the face of death–do-overs

Posted on September 4, 2015 by bobbietaylor

“Don’t let Bobbie see me like this.” Those were the last words I heard my grandmother speak before she went into a coma; the last time I heard her voice. Unaware that I was standing in the doorway to the … Continue reading →

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flower power: overcoming evil with good

Posted on August 30, 2015 by bobbietaylor

Unlike those of us content to plant only shrubs, our next door neighbors plant all kinds of flowers, including sunflowers, which reach so far above the fence that tries to keep them contained, straightway within their backyard, that I can’t … Continue reading →

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Detachment simulation…Warning; it’s not easy!

Posted on August 22, 2015 by bobbietaylor

The older I get, the more I realize how difficult it is to detach from people, places, and things. An eye-opening exercise in that regard took place for me years ago, during hospice volunteer training. (Sadly, I still haven’t  fully … Continue reading →

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swimming with sharks

Posted on August 16, 2015 by bobbietaylor

In response to Pope Francis’ recent encyclical Laudato Si, beautifully summarized by Don Mulcare in a recent Catholic Writers Guild blog post, linked here, I was thinking about American surfer Bethany Hamilton. What made me think of her, a young … Continue reading →

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(fresh) blood of the martyrs

Posted on August 9, 2015 by bobbietaylor

Nowadays, I’m finding myself paying much more attention to Liturgical readings about the early Christian martyrs. Thinking about either St. Paul’s being beheaded, or St. Peter’s being crucified, for example, has a different impact on me now. Their beheading and … Continue reading →

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