by Cathy Boyd Byrd | May 26, 2008 | Career
The comprehensive exam for graduation from the master’s program in counseling proved to be less daunting than I’d expected. Though I won’t know the score for about 30 days, I feel comfortable that I achieved a score that will permit me to...
by Cathy Boyd Byrd | May 18, 2008 | Uncategorized
This past week ended the spring term of graduate school. I have one remaining course in the final term and the comprehensive exam to take. I feel somewhat like the little train that could….. I think I can, I think I can, I think I can….finish, that is....
by Cathy Boyd Byrd | May 18, 2008 | Enjoying home
….at this lakeside home was renewed again this evening with the setting of the sun. It was a spectacular sunset, with a beautiful view right out the middle window of our sunroom, across the lake. We had spent all day working in the yard and pulling aquatic trash...
by Cathy Boyd Byrd | May 18, 2008 | pets
Ginger and JJ returned home with their family when all were reunited. A week later they were back again when the family was reported and fined for having pets in their apartment. So…. they came back again to our house but soon found an accomodating home with a...
by Cathy Boyd Byrd | Apr 20, 2008 | pets
Our two little chihuahua guests have settled in and seem to be thriving. A local veterinarian has agreed to take care of spaying and neutering them for free. We’ll get them current on their shots. A non-profit pet adoption service has agreed to assist in finding...
by Cathy Boyd Byrd | Apr 15, 2008 | domestic violence, pets
Domestic violence is hard on everyone, including the pets of children. Tonight I have two small canines camping in my sunroom in a crate because two adults couldn’t live together in a civil manner. Now the mom and children are in safe shelter, Dad’s who...
by Cathy Boyd Byrd | Apr 10, 2008 | Career
Next week marks the mid point of this term in graduate school. I’m putting in hours at a local day center for homeless persons. It’s sort of a social work triage center. The case workers there have to be prepared for almost anything on any given day-...
by Cathy Boyd Byrd | Mar 26, 2008 | answers to prayer
I’m into the second week of the next to the last term of my graduate work. This term includes an onsite practicum. It took me over two weeks of effort at first one agency, then another, to secure a practicum contract. Last Thursday, with the first week’s...
by Cathy Boyd Byrd | Mar 15, 2008 | 1 John 2:16, Addictions, Luke 4:18, Matthew 4:2-10
For several years I have taught about 1 John 2:16 where John says “all that is in the world – lust of the flesh, lust of the eyes, and the pride of life….”. As I have contemplated the various temptations that plague humanity, it does seem that...
by Cathy Boyd Byrd | Feb 28, 2008 | decisions
For two and a half years I’ve been involved in taking one online class per semester from Columbia College’s eChristianEducation program in pursuit of certification as a Christian educator with the United Methodist Church. I am half way through the final...
