"A Wink and a Smile"

St. Monica Patron of Lapsed Catholics “God of mercy, comfort of those in sorrow, the tears of St. Monica moved you to convert her son, St. Augustine, to the faith of Christ. By their prayers, help us to turn from our sins and to find your loving forgiveness.” — St. Anthony Messenger Monica is a model of patience. Her long years of prayer, coupled with a strong, well-disciplined character, finally led to the conversion of her hot-tempered husband, her cantankerous mother-in-law and her brilliant but wayward son, Augustine. Patron Saint of: Alcoholics Married women Mothers I can recall a particular blog mommy who told me to pray to St. Monica for the conversion of my husband. Of course I did, but thankfully my prayers did not take nearly as long as they did for St. Monica ... certainly a very patient woman.

if you can spare ... OR, maybe it's me who needs the prayers (((SIGH))) This puppy is WORK, WORK , WORK . He drools He jumps He uses appendages to satisfy his CHEW NEEDS He's eaten part of my house ... yes, the siding, door He's chewed through some AC wiring outside He jumps in the baby pool and brings all that wet inside the house Sometimes I think he steps in POOP (ewwwwwww) He eats a lot He poops a lot He barks a lot He totally ANNOYS the Border Collie that is supposed to be his brother He's beautiful to look at but He's deaf and that makes it really hard for me to get my emotions across to him. (((SIGH))) This puppy needs to grow up just a little faster This puppy needs to STOP growing This puppy needs to calm down some This puppy needs to learn the house rules OR This MOMMY might go crazy for sure!