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anitamarie
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Angie Mc wrote:
JennGM wrote:
| So, can you clarify what sentimental means to you, Angie? |
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Mushy? Sugar sweet? Playing on emotion? Sappy?
–adjective
1.expressive of or appealing to sentiment, esp. the tender emotions and feelings, as love, pity, or nostalgia: a sentimental song.
2.pertaining to or dependent on sentiment: We kept the old photograph for purely sentimental reasons.
3.weakly emotional; mawkishly susceptible or tender: the sentimental Victorians.
4.characterized by or showing sentiment or refined feeling.
Now, I need to be careful here. I'm not calling any particular books/authors sentimental or even saying that sentimentalism doesn't have a place. I'm owning that when I try to read some books, I either feel stirred in a way that is manipulative or fleeting and/or I feel, well, practical to a fault, jaded, or cynical. Needless to say, these reading experiences aren't nurturing to me - they bring out in me reactions that I'm trying to avoid. Interestingly, I become more tender and in touch with my emotions (a good thing) when I'm guided via challenging thoughts...thoughts of the saints, the Church. I'm finding this hard to explain! Let me try again...I become more tender/sensitive/loving after I read something that challenges me and helps me to break down my own prideful thoughts. Reading St. Faustina, for example, touches my heart in a way that is so fresh, so ah ha, soooo real. I connect - I get it (well, not at her level, but in my little way.)
Am I getting close, Jenn? 
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This is me, too! Very few of my IRL friends relate to what I read for strength and nurturing and vice versa. Nice to know there are others out there, as well. Thanks for all the great book recommendations. My pile was getting a little low.
Anita
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Thank you all for these recommendations!
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JennGM wrote:
Oh, and this will help your budget, Bridget!  I scanned The Christian Home many years ago, and it's still online at EWTN
Another title that is very good (and I think it's been reprinted, again by Angelus) is Christ in the Home by Raoul Plus. This was another one I had scanned to share online. |
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Ooooo--thanks for sharing, Jenn! I'm off to check off that second one now! 
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Oh, one more I remember. This one made such an impression on me:
The Family for Families by Father Francis Filas.
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