Archive for the ‘Roder, Mary’

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    MY FIRST JOB FOUND ME – Musing with Mary
    Mary Roder My course at business college prepared me for searching want ads and sending out resumes.  The professors spent time telling us how to dress when calling on potential employers and we practiced being interviewed.  I didn’t have to use much of that.  My first official job as a young adult was handed to me with very little effort on my part. Graduation was...
    by Mary Roder at September 4th, 2010 at 10:09 am
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    SILLY GIFTS – Musing with Mary
    Mary Roder We had been married for a couple of years before our first child was born.  Eager for child #2 it seemed to be taking a long time for that to happen.  My uncle was visiting from Colorado and told us his son and wife, married shortly after our wedding, were expecting their 3rd child.  He insisted we would have another baby if we just came to Colorado and filled...
    by Mary Roder at August 29th, 2010 at 12:08 pm
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    THE FIRST DAY – Musing with Mary
    Mary Roder Exciting for some, scary for others, first days, especially the first day of school,  leave their mark.  Having seven children did not make sending the seventh one off to her first day of kindergarten any easier than it was when we sent our first child to begin the same educational journey. Each time I went through mixed emotions.  Is it possible to mourn...
    by Mary Roder at August 21st, 2010 at 04:08 pm
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    THE MEMORY BANK – Musing with Mary
    Mary Roder Included in the sermon this morning was the story of a successful businessman with a large family and lots of stress in his life.  The gentleman  went to visit a monk who was known to have a very peaceful nature to ask for ways he, too, could find peace in the midst of all that made up his life. The monk said when he walked across the room to pick up a book,...
    by Mary Roder at August 16th, 2010 at 11:08 pm
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    SEAL WALRUS OR WHALE – Musing with Mary
    Mary Roder They were having a great time riding the banana boat.  We were on a family vacation and our families of all ages were taking turns riding the boat off across the lake until it disappeared from view.  It wasn’t meant to haul bananas.  It just looked like one.  A speedboat towed the long yellow tube while six riders straddled it.  I have always wanted to...
    by Mary Roder at August 6th, 2010 at 08:08 pm
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    MY VACATIONS REQUIRE TRAVEL – Musing with Mary
    Mary Roder Our parents called it a vacation each summer when they sent Margaret and I to stay for a few days with cousins who lived nearby.  The books I read, however, suggested vacation meant travel.  My gift from my parents when I graduated from eighth grade was the most exciting I had ever received. I was going on a bus trip to Colorado.  My older sister, Lois, would...
    by Mary Roder at August 1st, 2010 at 05:08 pm
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    MY COMPUTER, MY BUDDY – Musing with Mary
    Mary Roder My first job was in a law office for an attorney who was also the city attorney.  He brought me the minutes after every City Council meeting asking me to type them up with a copy for each councilman and several extras.  I was using an electric typewriter so the velocity with which the keys hit the sheet of paper could be adjusted.  I put it at its highest...
    by Mary Roder at July 24th, 2010 at 12:07 pm
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    TIME FOR ACTION – Musing with Mary
    Mary Roder A file titled When Needing a Break From Routine was found recently while deleting unused and outdated material from my computer.  It was a list I made of suggested projects shortly after we built our home.  Now, seven years later, I have finally looked at it.  Very interesting.  The first item on the list was the organization of my sewing room.  If I had...
    by Mary Roder at July 17th, 2010 at 04:07 pm
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    VANDALISM OR PAYBACK? – Musing with Mary
    Mary Roder Blaming carelessness for a recent water problem in our home was easier than my other choice.  The second choice was to believe my husband was succumbing to a dangerous level of forgetfulness.  He insisted he did not remember turning on the utility room faucet with sink drain closed before going downstairs to watch a St. Louis ballgame on television. I was...
    by Mary Roder at July 10th, 2010 at 04:07 pm
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    NO REST FOR THE CARELESS – Musing with Mary
    Mary Roder Our local parish was established 125 years ago.  A weekend celebrating this milestone was coupled with an all-school reunion.  It brought many former residents, students, pastors and teachers back to our hometown.  We expected it to be a very busy few days but it turned out to be much busier than we wanted. There were many activities to either enjoy or help...
    by Mary Roder at July 3rd, 2010 at 11:07 am
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