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Danielle Bean

Danielle Bean
Danielle Bean, a mother of eight, is Editorial Director of Faith & Family. She is author of My Cup of Tea, Mom to Mom, Day to Day, and most recently Small Steps for Catholic Moms. Though she once struggled to separate her life and her work, the two …
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Rachel Balducci

Rachel Balducci
Rachel Balducci is married to Paul and they are the parents of five lively boys and one precious baby girl. She is the author of How Do You Tuck In A Superhero?, and is a newspaper columnist for the Diocese of Savannah, Georgia. For the past four years, she has …
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Lisa Hendey

Lisa Hendey
Lisa Hendey is the founder and editor of CatholicMom.com, a Catholic web site focusing on the Catholic faith, Catholic parenting and family life, and Catholic cultural topics. Most recently she has authored The Handbook for Catholic Moms. Lisa is also employed as webmaster for her parish web sites. …
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Arwen Mosher

Arwen Mosher
Arwen Mosher lives in southeastern Michigan with her husband Bryan and their young children Camilla and Blaise. She has a bachelor's degree in theology. She dreads laundry, craves sleep, loves to read novels and do logic puzzles, and can't live without tea. Her personal blog site is ABC Family. …
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Rebecca Teti

Rebecca Teti
Rebecca Teti is married to Dennis and has four children (3 boys, 1 girl) who -- like yours no doubt -- are pious and kind, gorgeous, and can spin flax into gold. A Washington, DC, native, she converted to Catholicism while an undergrad at the U. Dallas, where she double-majored in …
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Robyn Lee

Robyn Lee
Robyn Lee is the managing editor of Faith & Family magazine. She is (yikes!) an almost 30 year-old, single lady, living in Connecticut with her two cousins in a small bungalow-style kit house built by her great uncle in the 1950s. She also conveniently lives next door to her sister, brother-in-law …
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Hallie Lord

Hallie Lord
Hallie Lord married her dashing husband, Dan, in the fall of 2001 (the same year, coincidentally, that she joyfully converted to the Catholic faith). They now happily reside in the deep South with their two energetic boys and two very sassy girls. In her *ample* spare time, Hallie enjoys cheap wine, …
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Fr. John Bartunek, LC

Fr. John Bartunek, LC

Fr John Bartunek, LC, STL, received his BA in History from Stanford University in 1990, graduating Phi Beta Kappa. He comes from an evangelical Christian background and became a member of the Catholic Church in 1991. After college he worked as a high school history teacher, drama director, and …
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Kate Lloyd

Kate Lloyd
Kate Lloyd is a rising senior, and a political science major at Thomas More College of Liberal Arts in New Hampshire. While not in school, she lives in Whitehall PA, with her mom, dad, five sisters and little brother. She needs someone to write a piece about how it's possible to …
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Elizabeth Foss

Elizabeth Foss
Elizabeth Foss, an award winning columnist for the Arlington Catholic Herald, published her first book, Real Learning: Education in the Heart of My Home in 2003. The book is now in its third printing. Her popular blog, In the Heart of My Home is a source of inspiration and support for Catholic women …
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Lovely Talent

a sweet surprise

Follow this link to a wonderful video from Britain’s Got Talent. It will be worth your time, in a variety of ways (sorry can’t embed here).


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Oh my goodness, thank you so much for sharing this! I got chills at the first word she sung!

 

Absolutely amazing!!!!!  I just LOVED the looks on the judges’ faces…I don’t watch Idol but I have heard about Simon & you could just SEE the joy on his face.  LOVE IT!!!!

 

A friend sent that to me the other night.  I’ve watched it, and cried, a few times since.  wink

 

I had seen this earlier this week and was so choked up by the enormity of this woman’s gift, and the humility with which she offered it.

 

I watched this several times yesterday and each time brought tears to my eyes!

 

“For my thoughts are not your thoughts, says the LORD, nor are my ways your ways.”

Most of us would suppose this slightly frumpy-looking, lonely lady to have no vocal talent—after all, isn’t that reserved for the beautiful? But the Lord gifted her with an angel’s voice.

God bless her for her bravery, her humility and her willingness to share that voice with us! It was like listening to an echo of the heavenly choirs.

 

I was so struck by her beautiful voice, the linking of her life to the words in the song (life not being what she most liely thought it would be like), the humblness of manner, and her courage.

I also thought the reactions were just priceless!  Just when we think we know everything, a ball goes to left field for the winning run.

Thank you Lord for this humble woman who in 5 minutes has accomplished a feat, humbling the entire audience by your gifts.  Notice she sangs in her church choir: From God, To God, For God!

 

Amazing! This ran me through the whole spectrum of emotions. Humble, glorious, triumph! I love when someone who has lived their life gets a chance at their dream. Proof that it is never too late, and that if it be God’s will, then be it in His time!


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