Progress Report & Graduation | Lessons for the School of Suffering - Chapter 10 plus Epilogue


Chapter 10 - Progress Report

Suffering and fatigue have been my constant companions for quite some time now. They are unwelcome guests and just when I think I am going to get rid of them, they move back in with a more forceful presence than before.

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Epilogue - Graduation (by Tammy Bundy)

"Some things we will never understand, this side of heaven.” ~Fr. Jim

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In case you missed them

The Introduction

Chapter 1 - The First Day of School

Chapter 2 - The Student Body

Chapter 3 - Homework & Tests

Chapter 4 - Prayer in [the] School [of Suffering]

Chapter 5 - Guidance and Peer Counseling

Chapter 6 - Required Texts

Chapter 7 - Examination Week

Chapter 8 - Being Held Back

Chapter 9 - Classmates

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