Dear Bird,

I am in desperate need of your help! I can’t seem to keep track of any of my stuff. I am constantly losing homework and clothes and recently, I lost my netty! I’m going broke having to replace all of the things that I’ve lost. Please give me some tips to help keep my life in order.

Sincerely,

Forgetful Freida

Dear Freida,

That seems to be quite the problem you have there! Being forgetful is something that comes along when you have so much responsibility at a school like STA. So naturally I decided to say a prayer to Saint Anthony for you because he is the patron of lost objects. Here it is so that you can start saying it for yourself.

O blessed St. Anthony,

the grace of God has made you a powerful advocate

in all our needs and the patron

for the restoring of things lost or stolen.

I turn to you today with childlike love and deep confidence.

You have helped countless children of God

to find the things they have lost,

material things, and, more importantly,

the things of the spirit: faith, hope, and love.

I come to you with confidence;

help me in my present need.

I recommend what I have lost to your care,

in the hope that God will restore it to me,

if it is His holy Will.

Amen.

But if that prayer doesn’t work out for you, just work on your organization. Here are some helpful tips that I found. Try this tactic: one thing, one place. So if you happen to find your netty, bring it home and leave it in one spot or room in your house always, then maybe you won’t have this problem. With this, you avoid having to look a million different places for that one thing that has disappeared.

Another tip to try would be getting a file folder for your homework. This allows you to organize your homework into specific classes, they even come with labels! That way you won’t have to worry about losing track of your things!

I hope this helped, Freida.

Sincerely,

Bird