https://www.blogit.com/Blogs/Blog.aspx/ladymonks_message/Why I chose to write...Actually, I was told by God!!hourly12000-01-01T12:00+00:00https://www.blogit.com/Blogs/Blog.aspx/ladymonks_message/972348Hello my dear wonderful friends... I'm afraid this is only a very quick post. This wound is not liking me at all for the momentb, so writing is difficult. I pray you all had a blessed and Merry Christmas. I wish you all a wonderful new year 2023. Whatever you need or desire most this year, I pray...https://www.blogit.com/Blogs/Blog.aspx/ladymonks_message/971815Happy Holidays my friends! Happy Hannukah! Merry Christmas! Happy New Year soon to come! Whatever holiday you celebrate this time of year, I pray it will be filled with the love of God and the light of His peace. He is the true reason we should celebrate any holiday. I feel great sadness for...https://www.blogit.com/Blogs/Blog.aspx/ladymonks_message/971738The first time Zeus heard the angry cries coming from the earth below, he was shocked. Then frightened. Then, much to his dismay, he was utterly mesmerized! He was making his nightly rounds to see Olympus was secure and the guards weren't sleeping at their posts when it happened. At first, he was...https://www.blogit.com/Blogs/Blog.aspx/ladymonks_message/971731Lord have mercy on me! I am in such BIG trouble! Allow me to explain, my friends... I am thrilled beyond words to be able to crochet and loom knit at last! This, however, has led to a rather serious condition known to those of us in the crafting world as start-itis! Basically what this means is...https://www.blogit.com/Blogs/Blog.aspx/ladymonks_message/971697How did it come to pass that a human was at last able to summon Zeus and demand an audience with him? Not a cloud sat empty that night. All those in attendance watched in awe the storms brewing and raging overhead. No one spoke for a long time. How indeed! At last, Hera again questioned her...https://www.blogit.com/Blogs/Blog.aspx/ladymonks_message/971672There was great rumbling and thunder and lightning in the land of the Gods that night. Mount Olympus had never before known such chaos and turmoil! No one knew at first what was happening. There were whispers among them, of course. The Gods, that is. Zeus himself called a meeting of the...https://www.blogit.com/Blogs/Blog.aspx/ladymonks_message/971671Hi everyone... First of all, I'd like to take a moment to say a sincere heartfelt thank you to all of you who've commented on my post of last night. I appreciate your kindness more than you realise. I would also like to apologise for not being able to hang about long enough to return your...https://www.blogit.com/Blogs/Blog.aspx/ladymonks_message/971648Hi everyone... I'm afraid this will have to be a very brief post for tonight. I haven't slept well on account of this blasted wound, and sitting down to type anything for any length of time is almost impossible. So at the moment I'm sitting here at the kitchen table with my feet propped up on a...https://www.blogit.com/Blogs/Blog.aspx/ladymonks_message/971552Today is 1 December already??!! Goodness, where does the time go? I just realised... I know it's been six or so years since I came back, but today is actually my blogit anniversary! I'm so glad I came back.https://www.blogit.com/Blogs/Blog.aspx/ladymonks_message/971475Hi everyone... I hope you all had an incredibly blessed, happy, and safe Thanksgiving. Ours was quiet but beautiful. I honestly meant to return on Friday to continue with our story, but sadly, the ancient Greek Gods apparently had other ideas! The wound is going to be slow in healing. I know what...https://www.blogit.com/Blogs/Blog.aspx/ladymonks_message/971410The first reason? That I am simply alive. This is the greatest of gifts bestowed to us by God Himself. Especially to those who almost didn't. I probably shouldn't write this, but I'm going to. I love my family. Really, I do! But they drive me utterly mad. For some reason still unforeseen to me, I...https://www.blogit.com/Blogs/Blog.aspx/ladymonks_message/971370Hello my dear friends, I'm so glad you've enjoyed my story so far. Thank you so much for your kind comments. I meant to write more yesterday, but two things got in my way. Firstly, whenever I tried to highlight the next section of our tale, whole sentences were deleted! So, rather than keep...https://www.blogit.com/Blogs/Blog.aspx/ladymonks_message/971314A piano! A beautiful white grand piano! This simple material possession stirs my soul. This war has gone on for nearly a year now, and a thought comes to me and saddens me. Never once in all these long months have I heard or played a concert. Most of the city’s musicians fled. Why did I stay?...https://www.blogit.com/Blogs/Blog.aspx/ladymonks_message/971313A piano! A beautiful white grand piano! This simple material possession stirs my soul. This war has gone on for nearly a year now, and a thought comes to me and saddens me. Never once in all these long months have I heard or played a concert. Most of the city’s musicians fled. Why did I stay?...https://www.blogit.com/Blogs/Blog.aspx/ladymonks_message/971303What good fortune I seem to have! I am more fortunate than most. I circle the building cautiously. How is it still intact? Almost nothing of my beautiful city remains. A huge apartment building. Is there anyone else here? Perhaps they will share their shelter or food? The power to the lift has...https://www.blogit.com/Blogs/Blog.aspx/ladymonks_message/971299I wonder if this is what made me write last night... In June 2018, my youngest sister made a shocking and interesting discovery about our ancestry on my Dad's side of the family. My Grammy had always told me we are a quarter German on her side of the family. According to my sister, however, we...https://www.blogit.com/Blogs/Blog.aspx/ladymonks_message/971281This is only the beginning of this story. It came to me about an hour ago. A CHORALE FOR THE SILENCED Present day Mariupol, Ukraine The sun will set soon. The cold will come tonight, as it comes every night. I must move swiftly, before the darkness enshrouds me completely. Drags me down once...https://www.blogit.com/Blogs/Blog.aspx/ladymonks_message/971230Willow is our new fur ball. After losing our beautiful little Sunny at just six years old, we finally decided it was time for a new furry friend. And we couldn't be happier. Actually, Willow came to us one very stormy afternoon back in July. Margaret's niece was pregnant with her second child at...https://www.blogit.com/Blogs/Blog.aspx/ladymonks_message/971209For those of you who've known me here previously, I dedicate this happy post. I have finally learned how to crochet! Yes...FINALLY! And I couldn't be happier! For anyone who is unfamiliar with the complications caused by Cerebral Palsy, one of the things that tends to suffer is our fine motor...https://www.blogit.com/Blogs/Blog.aspx/ladymonks_message/971183I'm back... At least for now. I can't believe so much time has passed since I last wrote here. It's good to be back. I know we've lost a few members since I was last here. Rumor, I miss your stories and your sense of humor. I just miss you, my friend. Wiley Coyote...what can I say except I love...