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The right to do what we ought

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2013 4 Jul

“Freedom consists not in doing what we like, but in having the right to do what we ought.” – Blessed John Paul II

I am so grateful today for the men and women who have fought and do fight to keep this country free to do what we ought. 
And I pray especially these days that as a country we choose to stay free to do as we ought. 

Gabriel – 3 1/2
Faith – 22 months
Gianna – 2 months
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I'm a south Louisiana girl, Catholic wife, writer, speaker, and mother of six. Since I started my blog way back in 2009, life has been a roller coaster of babies, plot twists and a plane crash or two. I've been chronicling things here as I've been learning to love and suffer and laugh and trust in the goodness of God in the ordinary and the extraordinary--with a little espresso and a lot of Divine Mercy. Read More…

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