Posted in He Said She Said on Aug 3rd, 2011
This is the sixteenth in a series written by Malcolm Marler and Mary Bea Sullivan, husband and wife, about their journey as Mary, an author, prepares to go to Virginia Theological Seminary. Malcolm is a director of pastoral care at a hospital in Alabama. “She Said.” By Mary Bea Anyone who has ridden a bicycle [...]
Posted in He Said She Said on Jun 12th, 2011
This is the seventh in a series written by Malcolm Marler and Mary Bea Sullivan, husband and wife, about their journey as Mary, an author, prepares to go to Virginia Theological Seminary. Malcolm is a director of pastoral care at a hospital in Alabama. She Said… by Mary Bea Sullivan Packing blissfully slowed to a [...]
Posted in He Said She Said on May 31st, 2011
This is the third in the series, “He Said, She Said” co-written with my husband, Malcolm Marler. “She Said” by Mary Bea Sullivan “They have met our counter-offer, but there’s one thing.” Malcolm was standing with the phone in his hand, having just hung up with our realtor. “What’s the ‘one thing?’” I asked suspiciously. [...]
Posted in He Said She Said on May 29th, 2011
This is the first in the series, “He Said, She Said” co-written with my husband, Malcolm Marler. “She Said” by Mary Bea Sullivan Change she is a comin’–We have an offer to sell our lake home and will be moving to an unknown home in Birmingham next month. We have unexpectedly taken responsibility for the [...]
Posted in Mary's Grotto on Aug 9th, 2010
A funny thing happened on the way to pick up a St. Joseph statue. I decided I didn’t want one–yet. In some circles, it is customary to expedite the sale of your home by burying a statue of St. Joseph*. While driving to the Ave Maria Grotto to buy a St. Joseph statue, I reminisced [...]
Posted in Midwife to the Mystery on May 6th, 2010
Something mysterious is happening. Malcolm and I have begun boxing up books and other items. The initial motivation was to de-clutter the lake house so it will “show” better for potential buyers. With each bag of clothing we send off to Greater Birmingham Ministries and each piece of non-essential furniture we remove from the house, [...]