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There are hills and valleys in the grief process.Buoyed by your kind condolences and generosity of spirit, I have been almost giddy for much of the day. We love our babies, and your responses are proof of that. We love our babies.But then the sun goes down and the quiet of the evening descends. I am left with the reality of what has … [Read more...]
I have just come from the follow-up ultrasound where I learned that we have, indeed, lost our baby. December is becoming a tricky season for me to navigate: three pregnancies, three Advents, three miscarriages in a row.I am reminded of the poem “The Journey of the Magi” by T.S. Eliot, in which he asks, “Were we led all that way for birth or … [Read more...]
I lost my patience yesterday, once or twice or maybe a hundred times.It’s easy to do when you’re surrounded by willful free spirits. I have my ways of doing things and they, quite frankly, do not.Still, I hate to hear that tone in my voice. I hate it when I have to yell to get them moving. (And on our Blessed Mother’s feast, to boot! For shame.)The … [Read more...]
The bad news first.After ministering to Angela who walked out of bed (yes, walked out of bed) at 2:00 a.m. this morning, I couldn’t get back to sleep. “Why not go downstairs and write a blog post,” I says to meself. (At 2:00 a.m. in the morning, I always talk like a pirate.)Unfortunately, the computer WASN’T WORKING. How dare it? I tried every … [Read more...]
Great prizes for an even greater cause can be found over at my friend Suzanne’s. Play now, play often, and may God bless you for your generosity.Ad Jesum per Mariam, … [Read more...]
Let’s talk a bit about the little trooper that’s my Felicity.Felicity is pictured above in my new blog header. She is as easy-going and gentle-natured as my Angela, say, is not. When I took her in for her 5-year immunizations yesterday, she took it in stride and didn’t say much about it.She cried, because the shots hurt like the dickens, but she … [Read more...]
I mentioned my needing to get two shots twice weekly (one in the arm and one in the extra fleshy you-know-where).Well, to spare the kids & me the 40-minute drive (one way) to the clinic on Mondays and Thursdays, my beloved has agreed to administer the needed hormones.Do you hear that, Honey? I called you “My Beloved!”And “Honey”, too. I … [Read more...]
Today is the feast of the Holy House of Loreto. According to tradition, the house of Loreto is where Mary was both conceived and conceived Our Lord. Imagine!I am praying today that my house be more like Mary’s. I am praying not for perfection, mind you, but rather, a spirit of holiness, peace and joy.For more information on the Holy House of … [Read more...]
Father, the image of the Virgin is found in the Church. Mary had a faith that your Spirit prepared and a love that never knew sin, for you kept her sinless from the first moment of her conception. Trace in our actions the lines of her love, in our hearts her readiness of faith. Prepare once again a world for your Son who lives and reigns with you … [Read more...]
At least when it comes to messing with my children linguistically, I am.How many kids (apart from mine) are going to grow up and stress the importance of “being have” throughout Advent?As in “Kids? Are you being have (long “a”) right now?”I can’t help myself. Telling them to behave is just so…boring.So go ahead. Call the word police on me.What can … [Read more...]
