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Author of After Miscarriage, Companion Book of Catholic Days, Deathbed Conversions, You Can Share the Faith: Reaching Out One Person at a Time, Through the Year With Mary, and The Rosary.

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	Deathbed Conversions: Finding Faith at the Finish Line 4.04 avg rating — 115 ratings — published 2013 — 4 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	After Miscarriage: A Catholic Woman's Companion to Healing and Hope 4.55 avg rating — 75 ratings — published 2012 — 5 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	The Rosary: Keeping Company With Jesus and Mary 4.49 avg rating — 47 ratings — published 2009 — 3 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	You Can Share the Faith: Reaching Out One Person at a Time 4.14 avg rating — 22 ratings — published 2016 — 3 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Through the Year With Mary: 365 Reflections 4.63 avg rating — 16 ratings — published 2010 — 5 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	The Companion Book of Catholic Days: A Guide to Feasts, Saints, Holy Days, and Seasons 4.31 avg rating — 13 ratings — 2 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	After Miscarriage: A Catholic Woman’s Companion to Healing and Hope it was amazing 5.00 avg rating — 3 ratings	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
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Poetry Friday: “November Night”

There are so many crisp, perfect, and wistful poems about November. It’s hard to choose just one, isn’t it? But here’s a short one I return to every year. (And it’s in the public domain, yay!)

November Night
by Adelaide Crapsey

Listen …
With faint dry sound,
Like steps of passing ghosts,
The leaves, frost-crisp’d, break from the trees
And fall.
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“Real life — our interior, mental, emotional, and spiritual processes”
― Karen Edmisten, Deathbed Conversions: Finding Faith at the Finish Line

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“We spend our lives fumbling through circumstances and relationships that will mold us into the finished products we will become. Every thought and choice, every day, month, and year bring more sharply into focus who we are and what we want to be.”
― Karen Edmisten, Deathbed Conversions: Finding Faith at the Finish Line

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