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Food for Thought

by Filed Under: Minnesota Me, Spiritual Growth, Stuff I Think About While Folding Laundry 3 Comments

“We get robbed of the glory of life because we aren’t capable of remembering how we got here. When you are born, you wake slowly to everything. Your brain doesn’t stop growing until you turn twenty-six, so from birth to twenty-six, God is slowly turning the lights on, and you’re groggy and pointing at things saying circle and blue and car and then … [Read more...]

Scenes from the Feast

by Filed Under: Family Fun, Minnesota Me, Sports Stuff 16 Comments

Subtitled: I ate, drank, and made merry...and now this morning I must diet.So tell me. Did you watch the game?And if you did, ate you Doritos?That picture of Angela pretty much sums up our evening: soda, chips, eyes fixed to the screen.~ Photo by Felicity ~ Except at the end when there was that 3-point difference. I couldn't look!(But I … [Read more...]

As always, the theme turns back to football.

by Filed Under: Family Fun, Minnesota Me, My Girls 5 Comments

It’s family fun night and we’re watching a movie, The Secret of Kells.It’s different. I’m not sure what I think of it.Anyway, there is a scene where some Vikings attack the monastery. There are arrows; there is death. “Those guys are mean!” I exclaim. “Why’d we name our football team after them?”To Angela, the answer was obvious.“Because they’re … [Read more...]

Another Nickname

by Filed Under: Minnesota Me, Motherhood 5 Comments

...to go with Little Puddin'.Have you heard "Little Potato" before? LOVE it, used to hear it on the MPR Morning Show back when I was a brand new teacher and had an early morning commute each day.Now it's 15-plus years later and my morning commute consists of walking from my bedroom to the kitchen. Nice!Anyway, if you're a parent of littles and … [Read more...]

The Things They Say

by Filed Under: Felicity, Minnesota Me, My Girls, The Faith 25 Comments

The Liturgical Edition"Finish your breakfast and get dressed!" I told the kids. "We're going to Mass for the feast of St. Blaise." I explained that the priest would give a special blessing today by crossing two candles and holding them up to our throat. Felicity's eyebrows drew together in concern. "Are the candles...lit?" she wondered.While at … [Read more...]

On the Feast of the Presentation

by Filed Under: Homeschooling, Minnesota Me, Motherhood, Spiritual Growth 2 Comments

We have to learn how to give ourselves, to burn before God like the light placed on a lampstand, to give light to those who walk in darkness; like the sanctuary lamps that burn by the altar, giving off light till their last drop is consumed.St. Josemaría Escrivá, The Forge“St. Bernard reminds us that it is prohibited to come before the Lord with … [Read more...]