The roses are all in bloom! “Who is this that appears like the dawn, fair as the moon, bright as the sun, majestic as the stars in procession? Who is she that looketh forth as the morning, fair as the moon, clear as the sun...?”(Song of Solomon 6:10) Have a blessed weekend, everyone. Happy Father’s Day to all the dads! … [Read more...]
And how is your day going?
Perhaps you're feeling weary from the journey.Stop and rest a spell, my friend. Ignore the jealous rabble rousers. They need a nap but refuse to take one. … [Read more...]
Who Wants to Pay Me a Nickel
…for every time I have to call out to my children, “Shut the door! The air is on!” I’m thinking this could prove to be a lucrative summer job for the momma, provided I find an employer. … [Read more...]
Fun with Metaphors
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...]
Things Go Missing
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...]
On Being Charged by an Arachnid
Yesterday I dusted down months and months’ worth of cobwebs in my basement. They were distracting me from my primary vocation of pretending to run on the treadmill. (Can one really, truly run at a pace of 2 miles an hour? I didn’t think so.)Anyway, the months and months’ worth of cobwebs took me maybe 5 minutes to remove.Which was surprising, but … [Read more...]
Normally I like spending time in the kitchen…
But on a totally beautiful Saturday afternoon? The kind where the breeze is gently blowing, the sun is brightly shining and the kids are all out playing?No way.The dishes...The floor....The sorting...The straightening...The getting-done of absolutely anything indoors........can wait. … [Read more...]
To bathe or not to Bathe
A long, luxurious bubble bath?Or a short and boring shower?Which do you choose?The former, right?Well, what do you do when your 2-year-old walks off with the drain stop?You realize how very spoiled you are.And what, then, do you do when—after 3 days of longing for your bubbles and your bath—your 7-year-old finds the drain stop in a dresser … [Read more...]
One picture can be worth…
...a thousand reminders of all that is the most important in our lives.Here are two of my reminders.Today (God willing) I am going to try to: stop and smell the roses (which aren't in bloom yet, but still); be patient patient patient, especially with the number one little mess-maker in my life (pictured above on the right--say "Cheese", … [Read more...]
Come the Spring (A State of Caprice)
Subtitled: two birds, one stoneSpring grass, there is a dance to be danced for you. Come up, spring grass, if only for young feet. Come up, spring grass, young feet ask you.(From “Spring Grass” by Carl Sandburg)I took this photo this morning.Clearly I have no business doing a post for Dawn’s Early Spring field day!Except…hang on a minute. I took … [Read more...]
