Lots of Coffee, lots of kids. It's a peaceful life.
In honor of Poetry Friday, yes, but also (and more importantly),in honor of all our soldiersL. Be near me when my light is low,When the blood creeps, and the nerves prickAnd tingle; and the heart is sick,And all the wheels of Being slow.Be near me when the sensuous frameIs rack’d with pangs that conquer trust;And Time, a maniac scattering dust,And … [Read more...]
I followed with interest the bag meme, as seen here and here and here and innumerable other places. Alas, because of my recent debacle with a smallish black electronic object (aka our Nikon), I was unable to participate. (I did, however, come away with the idea for a great new bag for Mother’s Day!)Feeling somewhat lip-quiveringly left out of the … [Read more...]
This is where I rail.The FDA has approved a birth control pill that ends a woman’s monthly period.According to an article published in the Washington Post, “Lybrel is designed for women who find their periods too painful, unpleasant or inconvenient and want to be free of them.”What a wonderful world it will be when we women are delivered from … [Read more...]
You know your husband has been obsessing about his fish tank stuff too much when, upon turning the corner and nearly stepping on his daughter, he exclaims, “Oh! Little floor-covering sponge!”I am always humored (or chagrined, depending on how clean the linoleum is) at how my children think nothing of being splayed out in a heap in the middle of the … [Read more...]
“When something is truly intended for you, it will come your way more than once.”(Dr. Franklyn Nelick, as quoted in The Mysteries of Life in Children’s Literature) … [Read more...]
In a big house filled with people, it is not the rarest of occasions that things go missing. Often this means buying the more important of items—hairbrushes, socks, chocolate—in great big bunches so that you are certain to have at least one edition of whatever it is that you need when you should need it most.Like before Mass on Sunday.Or after … [Read more...]
Today was feeling rather blah;I thought we’d watch Mr. Rogers.He is always good for a pick-me-up;A brief respite for us artful dodgers.He had as his guests some musicians;A pianist and his sons.The music they played was brilliant,The kind we teachers never shun.It dawned on me—that was Branford!As in Marsalis, you know? Saxophone?And his brothers … [Read more...]
Camille wouldn't be running around the house saying, "Bam! Bam! Bam Bam Bam!"You would think that she'd like cute little cooing Pebbles, but no.Loud and physical all the way."Bam! Bam! Bam Bam Smash!"That's my Camille.* * * * * … [Read more...]
“No matter what, just keep looking up and trust ‘til you bust!”Rita E. (my mother) For many of us, the feast of the Ascension has been transferred to today. I love this feast and the virtue of hope with which it’s associated. One can never have too much hope, I find. (What’s the expression? Ah yes: a sad saint is one sad saint!)Today let us pray … [Read more...]
I thought that I’d put off my lesson-planning share with you the briefest of reviews of one of my new favorite books.Someday is not, perhaps, the best pick for an over-emotional mommy who feels that her babies are growing up too fast, but it is a very touching little tome, regardless. It’s one of those children’s books that speaks volumes to a … [Read more...]
