Because I know you’re prayer warriors;And because I know you know that I am a tall ditzy blonde trapped in the body of a short brunette;Will you please add some more very special First Communicants to your prayer list? They are: Julia, Juliana, Sarah and Max.*These little sweeties are my son’s friends, too, and it was only through a glaring … [Read more...]
Mars and Venus in the Mathroom
My boys, when asked to draw pretty much anything for their Saxon Math assignment, hastily scribble “x” amount of smudgy circles on their paper and move on.My daughter, however, is different. When I went to check on her work today—a full fifteen minutes after she began it—I found that she was stuck on the second question. The “draw five pairs of … [Read more...]
Happy May Day!
I am bleary eyed but happy.We were up late putting the finishing touches on our May Day baskets. They are not very complicated little ensembles, but we did hand stamp the nametags and that was time-intensive.Long story short: we will be delivering these at 6:00 a.m. (before our school friends leave for the day) and so I’d better get cracking on … [Read more...]
In the Month of Mary
It’s the day before May and our flowering crab is in full bloom. This tree, for me, is bittersweet in its beauty. The radiant blooms and intense fragrance last only a week or so, and then—thanks be to the breezes of spring and the impermanence of all earthly things—it all goes away again until next year.Sigh. I am confident that in heaven, anyway, … [Read more...]
Happy Fourth Sunday of Easter!
A friend of mine just sent us this photo. It was taken after Mass on Easter Sunday.Isn’t Camille a hoot? : )I am sharing it with you today (Good Shepherd Sunday) with an earnest reminder to keep each other’s families close in prayer.God and Father of our Lord Jesus Christ,Though your people walk in the valley of darkness,No evil should they … [Read more...]
I Think, therefore I Blog*
*The title of this post has been shamelessly borrowed from Marjorie, herself a Thinking Blogger and a far more clever title writer than yours truly.So. Maria and Dawn have very generously nominated me for a Thinking Blogger award. I would consider myself to be more a candidate for the Highly Distracted Blogger award, but I thank them both for their … [Read more...]
Fun for your Friday
Robert Munsch has a website!Need I say more to inspire your excitement? We really love Robert Munsch around here.We have gone to the library and picked up a ton of our goofiest favorites. They will be read aloud by the author today.Bon appetit! … [Read more...]
Oratres Fratres
I would like to thank you all for your kind response to my niece’s photos. I realized later that I failed to ask you in that post to pray for her, which many of you offered to do anyway. Thank you for that. May I ask you to please keep Jackie and her family in your intentions? The beauty of those photographs cannot take away the pain that is in her … [Read more...]
A Note from the Babysitter
Currently I am in a quiet house that is not my own, babysitting a beautiful little girl that is fast asleep. Occasionally I hear the click click of the dog's toenails on the linoleum behind me, but other than that and the hum of the refridgerator, the house is silent.I feel like I'm a teenager. I haven't babysat like this for a very long time and … [Read more...]
If You Send a Card to Grandma
Subtitled: A Circular Path to a Certain InsanityIf you send a card to Grandma, you will need to have your children sign it. You’ve purchased a fairly expensive card, because you care enough to send the very best and it is, after all, your grandma. (Your husband’s grandma, actually. Even more important.) You will need to bite your tongue when your … [Read more...]
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