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Joe & Jem: What did the Spartan warrior say as he dove off the sinking Titanic? (Never mind the historical inaccuracies here and be warned that the following is very middle school boy humor)“The icier the water, the better!”* * * * * * *Mommy (having discovered an unsightly little wart on the underside of Felicity’s thumb): “Felicity, honey, … [Read more...]
Subtitled: Time on the Internet Well-SpentSarah (Just Another Day of Catholic Pondering) has put together an absolutely beautiful carnival in honor of Our Lady.By all means, visit The Loveliness of Rosaries this weekend. Please don’t forget to say hey to Sarah and thank her for all her hard work.Ad Jesum per Mariam, … [Read more...]
I have been blessed with a spirited child.I like calling her my “spirited” child because “spirited” is a much, much better word than some of the other words I am tempted to use.Like naughty, high-strung, or obnoxious.I’m kidding.Kind of.And anyway, if she is obnoxious then she gets it straight from me.I love this little person with all my heart. I … [Read more...]
Because obviouslyI can’t get enoughof them.Or of my zoom lens.Or of my sweetie pie little girl.Of all my children (and believe me, I love them all with the ferocity of a mother bear gone mad) Felicity is the one that I would keep for a few more years as is. I keep looking for some sort of fixative that I could spray on her to stop the growing……but … [Read more...]
Are you a mother? Happy Mother’s Day!Do you have a mother? Well, thank the good Lord for her! And thank her for how good you turned out! I’ll bet she worked very hard.We had a very nice day today and I hope the same for you. Because I had called my husband home early from his turkey hunting trip and because I had consequently taken a store-bought … [Read more...]
Ad Jesum per Mariam, … [Read more...]
Believe it or not, my brand new First Communicant misbehaved yesterday! They were playing out back on the play set (which sounds perfectly appropriate so far, I know) and she gave her brother a push. He managed to retain his grip, fortunately, but given that he had been on the roof of the play set at the time of her shove (putting him at about 20 … [Read more...]
“The Eucharist is the heart of the Church. Where Eucharistic life flourishes, there the life of the church will blossom.”- Pope John Paul the GreatYou know, it seems like just yesterday that I was bringing this little gal home from the hospital and my mom was commenting on how she looks so much like me. (She looks like me and she is like me. Gulp!) … [Read more...]
Dearest Cate, The days and years leading up to this morning have been busy but so very beautiful. Thank you for the gift of you! I mean that. You have been such a blessing to this family and to me as a mother that it is truly a double gift that we are celebrating today: Jesus is coming to you and you, my sweet, are going to Him. He is just as … [Read more...]
If my 3-year-old should vanish from the face of this blog, you'll know the reason.That would be Sharpie marker.And she would be in her room.Updated to Add: Goo Gone did the trick! Thanks to some serious elbow grease on the part of my dear husband, there now remains but the faintest trace of purple on the keys. Our three-year-old, too, seems to have … [Read more...]
