[Magdalen] Mom's 80th birthday

[Lynn Ronkainen]

great rule M!

Lynn

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When I stand before God at the end of my life I would hope that I have not a 
single bit of talent left and could say, "I used everything You gave me." 
attributed to Erma Bombeck
 "Either Freedom for all or stop talking about Freedom at all" from a talk 
by Richard Rohr

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From: "ME Michaud" <michaudme at gmail.com>
Sent: Wednesday, January 11, 2017 12:38 PM
To: <magdalen at herberthouse.org>
Subject: Re: [Magdalen] Mom's 80th birthday

> The rule and practice in our house:
> when two people want you to do two different things,
> they cancel each other out, and
> you're not beholden to either of them.
>
> And you NEVER set their needs and desires against each other.
>
> You get to decide what pleases *you* best.
> It's now whatever your preference is,
> and everyone else can just stand back and admire your decisiveness.
> -M
>
> On Wednesday, January 11, 2017, Scott Knitter <scottknitter at gmail.com>
> wrote:
>
>> My dear partner and I are going to Michigan this weekend for my mom's
>> 80th birthday. I've been working with my brothers to plan a restaurant
>> dinner on late Saturday afternoon for about 20 of Mom's family and
>> friends. Everything's all set and there's little that could go wrong,
>> but as to where my dear partner and I will stay for the two nights, I
>> feel stuck in the middle.
>>