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Minnesota Winters: How We Cope

by Filed Under: Family Fun, Minnesohta, Minnesota Me, Spiritual Growth 18 Comments

Part III(You can read Part I here and Part II here. )Ed. Note: This is a test of the Emergency Blogging System. Do people read blogs on Friday night? I intend to find out.My husband cleaned the basement thoroughly (thank you, Husband!) and now the mice have no place to play.Poor mice.In sorting through some errant camping stuff, he found a … [Read more...]

The Grace Card: A Review

by Filed Under: Minnesota Me, Reviews, Spiritual Growth 7 Comments

Last night, some friends and I attended a free screening of The Grace Card that was hosted by Relevant Radio.You can view the trailer here.It was showing at a theater across town—the Hinterlands, as far I was concerned!—and I arrived at the 11th hour.Otherwise known as ten minutes to show time.Would that make it the 10th hour?Anyway, because this … [Read more...]

Mean People Got…No Reason

by Filed Under: Anecdotal, Family Fun, Minnesota Me, Spiritual Growth 14 Comments

Our first family-sized vehicle was a Honda Odyssey. How HUGE it seemed when I first started driving it. It terrified me, and yet......as you can see, I have since made the adjustment to driving largish vehicles.One of the first things I did when we got the Odyssey was accessorize it--not with fuzzy dice or scented pine trees, mind, but rather...my … [Read more...]

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...]

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...]

The Faith of a Child

by Filed Under: Minnesota Me, Motherhood, Spiritual Growth 4 Comments

“God gave me the consolation of contemplating at close range the souls of little children. A poor woman [died when still very young] and left three very little children; during the woman’s illness, we took care of the two little girls; the older one was not yet six.“I spent the whole day with them, and it was a great pleasure for me to see with … [Read more...]

On Giving Good Example

by Filed Under: Homeschooling, Minnesota Me, Spiritual Growth, The Faith 7 Comments

Today is the feast of St. Elizabeth Ann Seton. The colonial bread is in the oven, and prayers to the patron of our curriculum provider are underway!St. Elizabeth Seton—or Mother Seton, as she came to be known—was raised in the Protestant Episcopal Church but became a Catholic when she was 30. She was staying in Italy when her host family brought … [Read more...]

So Little Time

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

As you wait (patiently) to hear the winner of the book give-away, please read this beautiful post by fellow mom blogger Eileen Smithdeal: Warming Up to God.You've heard it before but not quite like this. Such a lovely reflection, and so helpful to me during this (mentally) very busy third week of Advent."And why is getting closer to God painful? … [Read more...]