Alison Hodgson

Expert on the etiquette of perilous times.

Update

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Tanner is fine.  I got an e-mail today.

  
When I lived in Japan I lived on the island of Shikoku.  Often, my friends and family would get excited about things that occurred in Tokyo because that’s the news they got in the States. Someone would call me up concerned about a monsoon in Tokyo and I’d be all, “What!”  It would be like calling someone in South Carolina to ask her about things in New York City.  I think this with Tanner was a similar deal.   But come on, the dude is in Iraq, a little over reaction is fine.
Thanks to those who prayed.
Happy Monday.

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My brother, Tanner is a filmmaker.  He is currently working in northern Iraq on a documentary about Islam.

The Turks invaded northern Iraq a couple of days ago, but I didn’t know.
Today at 4:30, while I was driving I thought of Tanner out of the blue and felt strongly compelled to pray for him.  That happens to me at times.  Although I did not feel a heavy stress, I did note that I was praying for him.  I didn’t have fear, but I was concerned.  
Tonight I came home and found out about the bombing/invasion.
Would you please pray that Tanner will be safe?
Thank you.

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a request

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Paul will be traveling a lot between Thanksgiving and Christmas. A. LOT.

If you do, would you pray for all of us? I haven’t actually put my head between my knees to breathe, I’m pretty calm, but I am concerned.

If you are:

for us
against child abuse
awakened by God

or any and all of these things, please pray.

Thank you for your consideration.

Excellent reading for those, having risen, finding it difficult to stand:

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I arise today
Through a mighty strength, the invocation of the Trinity,
Through the belief in the threeness,
Through confession of the oneness
Of the Creator of Creation.

I arise today
Through the strength of Christ’s birth with his baptism,
Through the strength of his crucifixion with his burial,
Through the strength of his resurrection with his ascension,
Through the strength of his descent for the judgment of Doom.

I arise today
Through the strength of the love of Cherubim,
In obedience of angels,
In the service of archangels,
In hope of resurrection to meet with reward,
In prayers of patriarchs,
In predictions of prophets,
In preaching of apostles,
In faith of confessors,
In innocence of holy virgins,
In deeds of righteous men.

I arise today
Through the strength of heaven:
Light of sun,
Radiance of moon,
Splendor of fire,
Speed of lightning,
Swiftness of wind,
Depth of sea,
Stability of earth,
Firmness of rock.

I arise today
Through God’s strength to pilot me:
God’s might to uphold me,
God’s wisdom to guide me,
God’s eye to look before me,
God’s ear to hear me,
God’s word to speak for me,
God’s hand to guard me,
God’s way to lie before me,
God’s shield to protect me,
God’s host to save me
From snares of devils,
From temptations of vices,
From everyone who shall wish me ill,
Afar and anear,
Alone and in multitude.

I summon today all these powers between me and those evils,
Against every cruel merciless power that may oppose my body and soul,
Against incantations of false prophets,
Against black laws of pagandom
Against false laws of heretics,
Against craft of idolatry,
Against spells of witches and smiths and wizards,
Against every knowledge that corrupts man’s body and soul.

Christ to shield me today
Against poison, against burning,
Against drowning, against wounding,
So that there may come to me abundance of reward.
Christ with me, Christ before me, Christ behind me,
Christ in me, Christ beneath me, Christ above me,
Christ on my right, Christ on my left,
Christ when I lie down, Christ when I sit down, Christ when I arise,
Christ in the heart of every man who thinks of me,
Christ in the mouth of everyone who speaks of me,
Christ in every eye that sees me,
Christ in every ear that hears me.

I arise today
Through a mighty strength, the invocation of the Trinity,
Through belief in the threeness,
Through confession of the oneness,
Of the Creator of Creation.

St. Patrick’s Breastplate

Whales, Sharksies, Dragons, Dinosaurs and Snakes

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Oh my.

Eden has been waking up just about every night with a nightmare, despite nearly constant prayers from the entire family and many friends. Several nights ago Paul, the big kids and I all tucked her in and prayed over her. Though she can be one tough Bean she is our pet or “Little Sweetie” as Christopher likes to call her when he isn’t referring to her as a “Little Rascal”.

And now she is fighting a very bad cold with a ferocious cough. Yesterday, in a matter of minutes, she broke out in hives. Her whole face swelled and her body was covered with red inflammations. I called the doctor.

He agreed that it sounded like what I thought and confirmed dosages of medicine. I always ask what would require medical attention. In this case it was extreme difficulty breathing and or vomiting.

Fantastic.

I awoke a little after 2 this morning to the sounds of Paul helping her to the bathroom. She was throwing up. It was really glorified gagging on all the mucous her body was trying to cough up. We got her stable, redosed her with her medicines and gave her a little pineapple to settle her stomach, prayed over her, then tucked her back in with her sister.

Then we fell into bed and I reconsidered our decision. She had awakened the morning before with the same gagging – and that was before the hives had broken out – she was breathing easily and the hives were clearly improving. I was pretty sure she was fine, but I find it difficult to be sure of anything when I am that exhausted and concerned for one of my children.

But there was peace at the bottom so I prayed yet again and then fell asleep.

This morning Eden slept in and when she woke up her hives were almost gone. Now she is taking a nap. Yesterday, several times she prayed spontaneously, “Jesus, please heal my body! Please take my coughs away.”

Today she still feels tired and sick but we are all praying, “Thank you. Thank you. Thank you.”