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To Match My Blog

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ht: Mom of boysYour Brain is PurpleOf all the brain types, yours is the most idealistic.You tend to think wild, amazing thoughts. Your dreams and fantasies are intense.Your thoughts are creative, inventive, and without boundaries.You tend to spend a lot of time thinking of fictional people and places - or a very different life for yourself.What … [Read more...]

Because I know you care

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...about my mental health, especially after that last post, I am writing to reassure you that a bit of fresh air (cold air, granted, but very fresh) did me and my sons no end of good.The trip to the library helped also, as did the 50 books we checked out there.Wonderful, seasonal fare such as:thisand thisand thisOh, and did I mention the stop at … [Read more...]

Jumping on the Bean Wagon

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So I was going to write a negative review just to shake things up a bit, but being an honest type, I couldn’t. I have read this beautiful little gem of a book and it is excellent.Having said that, though, I cannot recommend that you buy a copy.I recommend that you buy three.One to keep for yourself, of course.One for your friend.And one for that … [Read more...]

Thought for the Day on this Great Day

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Who is St. Joseph ~ and ~Why Does He Deserve So Much Honor?St. Joseph was Jesus' daddy and Our Lord is prone to hear him.Oh, and he is also Patron of the Universal Church, Fathers, Families, against doubt and hesitation, confectioners, craftsmen, workers, working people, laborers, happy and holy death, expectant mothers, house hunters, … [Read more...]

Good Morning! Do you know where your children’s church shoes are? And how’s that coffee?

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I have a hundred and one things I'd like to talk to you about, but for now I would just like to wish you a blessed Fourth Sunday of Lent (it's Laetare Sunday and Lent is halfway over!) and a happy day at home with your family. If you're like me, you're having your corned beef and cabbage tonight instead of yesterday! It's a festive weekend all … [Read more...]