Wednesday Notebook #9

May 13, 2020Wednesday notebookEmily DeArdoComment

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Fifth Wednesday of Easter

“The Coronation of the Virgin”, Fra Angelico

The book club for Living Memento Mori has started on my Facebook author page—come join us! Every Tuesday at 2:00!

Making

Boothbay Cardigan

Elementary Wrap

Playing around with my pretty yarn and pondering casting on just a BUNCH of projects….

Reading

The Fiery Cross (finished)

A Breath of Snow and Ashes

A Stash of One’s Own

The Dark Night of the Soul

Joan of Arc, Mark Twain (FINALLY started this!)

Angle of Repose

Watching

The Last Dance (ESPN)

Rogue One

Star Wars

The Empire Strikes Back

The Notebook

Return of the Jedi

Links & Such

For my hockey people: NHL All-Star John Scott joins the Catholic Church

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Hi! I'm Emily. I'm glad you're here!I'm a 16 year double lung transplant survivor, cradle Catholic, and dedicated bibliophile.My book, Living Memento Mori: My Journey Through the Stations of the Cross (Ave Maria Press) is now available!I'm also a writer/editor/researcher for Take Up & Read. Cooking, knitting, music, travel, and writing are a few of my favorite things. — Emily M. DeArdo (1982–2023) was a Catholic writer and speaker who graduated in 2004 from Capital University with a bachelor’s degree in political science and English literature. She worked for the Ohio State Senate for ten years. At age eleven, DeArdo was diagnosed with cystic fibrosis, a fatal genetic disease, and received a double-lung transplant at age twenty-three.
She wrote *Living Memento Mori: My Journey Through the Stations of the Cross.* She also contributed to several studies published by Take Up & Read in 2018 and 2019 and also self-published an eBook, *Catholic 101*. DeArdo was also a guest on *The Jennifer Fulwiler Show* on SiriusXM Radio. She was named Young Catholic Woman of the Year by the Diocese of Columbus in 2005. She was a contestant on Jeopardy! in 2016.
DeArdo, who is a Third Order Lay Dominican, lived in the Columbus, Ohio, area. Emily DeArdo has since passed away on December 31,2023 at the age of forty-one.
“I have fought the good fight, I have finished the race, I have kept the faith.” 2 Timothy 4:7

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