grandma zoomie

When I say “we are hillbillies” what I mean is we have random crap everywhere and the “tin” on our sheds doesn’t match because mismatched “tin” is only 9$ a sheet and we don’t care. Also, my husband can fix anything, we eat vermin, and we love Jesus! Also, we blurt out obvious truths that might hurt your feelings, but dang, bless your heart, some one shoulda told ya already. How rude that they didn’t.

Wow.

@ladybluemama I have a granddaughter with an emotional support goose. Lol

Just a girl and her emotional support goose

@shagbark_hick Absolutely

@ravenousreader Yeah it really seems as though there is no choice. For rural Catholics, it's either move to town or content yourself with increasingly limited access to the Blessed Sacrament.

It's interesting -- people who live in large cities think a town of 5,000 people is very small. But as one who grew up in a village of about 300, and now lives in a village of 350, a town of 5,000 feels dauntingly large. As we lately contemplate moving to such a town so as to be walking distance to the daily Mass, I'm a bit nervous. Too many streetlights to see the Milky Way. Loud trucks on the state highway. No longer walking distance to 75,000+ acres of public wilderness and wild rivers. Can't ride my ATV to Church. Might even get a ticket if I forget to mow the lawn. It's a tough call. I like it up here. I like the hamlet lifestyle and I love the wilderness here. But in 15 years' time, will we still have a Church with open doors? What would my family lose by losing access to daily Mass and Confession? This village is rapidly depopulating. And what do we gain by living somewhere walkable -- particularly if we have more children than can fit in a standard automobile? It'd be nice to walk to the market, walk to Church, walk to the library, never have to drive on dangerous icy roads in winter. May really be worth the higher taxes, louder streets, light pollution, and other "civilization" problems for all that.

@MementoMoriMike Feeling better! Thank you!

@ravenousreader O Sacred Heart of Jesus, have mercy!

Sick. I forgot how awful this is.

I have heard every argument for the invalidity of the Novus Ordo (as a liturgy) and none of them holds up under honest scrutiny. This is not me denying liturgical abuses (they are called ABUSES for a reason) nor that is an abridgment of the TLM. Both are true, but neither invalidates it.

@ravenousreader What’s this? A nuanced and correct take? On Twitter? This must be the Twilight Zone!

I have raised mine in both. Kids need to be a part of an active, reverent parish. Sometimes that’s been TLM and sometimes NO. This isn’t controversial.

@Catholichurch10 @kolbeprolife Oh man, that’s a rough situation

@ravenousreader @kolbeprolife Raising my 3 grands.

Tonight’s question: What would give up to do the Will of God?

@ThatRosaryGirl @ladybluemama lol.

Husband just told me I’m ugly sometimes brb crashing out

@LMnewest2323 It is!

@ravenousreader That looks so peaceful!

My husband cuts a half Mile loop all summer so I can avoid walking our road. 🫶

@ladybluemama Right?! He told me he made an exception for me because I was so “cool”. He wanted a 6ft tall woman. Like: WHAT?!

@ravenousreader He thinks you’re short?! Bahahaha! Not a word I would use to describe you 🤣🤣

@MomInTheHome Not at all

@ravenousreader I want to borrow this to share this with a friend of mine who has faced some rather heavy challenges. Do you mind if I butcher it further?

I’m going to butcher this, but one of my DILs has a saying. It’s tongue in cheek (my mom would’ve loved it)… “My cross is so heavy. I’m obviously one of His strongest soldiers” It’s better than that. But you get the point. Be kind. Everyone’s cross is the heaviest cross.

@KeturahAbigail And I thought my mom was strict

I wasn't allowed to read Jane Eyre or anything by Jane Austen or Janette Oke or any other romance novel until I was 18

@kolbeprolife ((Big hugs))

@ravenousreader Eight of my children. God’s Will be done. ❤️‍🩹❤️‍🩹❤️‍🩹❤️‍🩹❤️‍🩹❤️‍🩹❤️‍🩹❤️‍🩹

Guys. This is the most organized my fridge has ever been. Please clap. Picture for posterity. I want to remember this after it is a mess again.