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Personal blog of christian writer Katy McKenna Raymond in Kansas City, Missouri

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Katy McKenna Raymond
in Kansas City, Missouri


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Tickled Pink

A lovely lady named Mimi sits at my mother's table in the nursing home. Some days, she doesn't talk at all, but only nods and smiles when I greet her. Other days, she let's me have it with both barrels.

Today, while we were talking about her fabulous career as a fashion buyer for a ritzy department store, she suddenly changed the subject.

"I love Jesus Christ so much," she said, her eyes misting up.

I've learned to go with the flow when my elders want to talk about something besides purses and shoes--especially when they want to express their love for God.

"Oh, me too," I answered, then waited for her to continue.

"No matter what happens to me," she said, "I live every day for Him."

"That's the best way to live," I said. "You've chosen well."

"And then there's the Blessed Virgin Mary..."

"Well, yes," I said.

"I'm just WILD about her!"
Posted by Katy on 08/25/05 at 07:46 PM
Fallible Comments...
  1. Duh. I'm slow. You're Catholic, aren't you? *looks at McKenna and smacks self in the forehead*
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    Posted by Lynn  on  08/26/05  at  03:58 AM
  2. Lynn--I was raised Catholic, and my mother is in a nursing home run by the Sister of St. Joseph of Carondelet (the same nuns who ran the grade school and high school I attended). So you might say I've been immersed in Catholicism, yes... :)
    Posted by Katy  on  08/26/05  at  01:12 PM
  3. That's so cute! Is she president of the BVM fan club?
    Posted by Jeanne Damoff  on  08/26/05  at  09:21 PM
  4. I visited your page today for the first time. Appearance of your page made an impression on me! Cute story too.
    Posted by Maiju  on  08/27/05  at  08:27 PM
  5. *snort* I nearly spewed my first sip of coffee all over the monitor! ;)
    Posted by Hope Wilbanks  on  08/28/05  at  09:58 AM
  6. Ha ha! Thanks for making me laugh today! :-D
    Posted by timsamoff  on  08/29/05  at  06:16 PM
  7. Very funny!!! I loved it. Your column/blog is so entertaining, Katy. I should visit daily.
    Posted by Kath  on  08/30/05  at  11:52 AM
  8. ::screams "wow" really loudly::

    Don't blame me, blame VBS. I was a crew leader. The kids had to scream "wow" when people were "wild" about anything. ::blinks::
    Posted by Lynn  on  08/31/05  at  01:26 AM
  9. I have a relative that works with elderly patients. I hear these kind of stories all the time, but this one is soooo cute and funny!
    Posted by Sally  on  08/31/05  at  03:49 AM
  10. can anyone find a pair of shoes excatly (or at least fairly close) to the shoes that she is wearing with this dress??.
    Posted by plateau high heels  on  06/05/10  at  12:18 AM
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