Subtitled: What a Difference a Day Makes!I would like to thank you all for your prayers and kind comments yesterday. Really. I hesitated before I said anything about being sad and even had my husband read my “Buried” post before I published it. He reassured me that my words were not, as I feared, all pathetic and totally whiny, though I wonder if … [Read more...]
Just don’t call me artsy-fartsy.
What type of Mother Hen Are You?by Montessorimom.com: Educational ResourceThat would explain this morning’s pricey trip to Michael’s….HT: Darling Dawn … [Read more...]
Naughty Marker Moments
Angela is going through a “naughty marker phase.” This means (not that most of you need an explanation) that while the older kids & I are busy (but distracted) in the classroom, 3-year-old Angela is busy (but very focused) somewhere else.You know that Precious Moments figurine on my nightstand? Too perfect, and way too white.You know those … [Read more...]
And don’t forget all those weekends in Aspen
Feeling certain that her mother’s existence is far cushier than her own, Cate compiled an itemized complaint at the breakfast table this morning.“Mommies get all the fun stuff, like blogs and mommy/daddy movies and sweet & sour mix with that other stuff in it and going on retreats and to Hawaii…”I think it might be really fun to perpetuate this … [Read more...]
Tempting Fate the Hefty Trash Bag Way
One of the more industrious things that my husband did in my absence this past weekend was tackle the landfill that’s our basement.When he told me he’d been cleaning, I felt a mixture of gratitude and guilt—gratitude because Hello! I didn’t have to do it; and guilt because, well, I hadn’t done it.Cryptically, my husband then asked me, “Do you mind … [Read more...]
An Early Morning Musing
Subtitled: Georgia on my MindAs I gently smoothed some hyper-pricey lotion over my face this morning, I thought, “You know, my skin doesn’t look that bad for a 41-year-old. I’m not nearly as wrinkly as I could be.” I peered at myself seriously in the mirror, turning my face from side to side.And then I smiled at myself, really big......and all … [Read more...]
On Family Fun and Football Flicks and the Blessings of your Five-Year-Old
Jennifer wrote to ask me about the First Confession/First Communion program at our church, and to that end I am preparing a list of resources for parents. (This would be the “story to follow” reference at the end of my post yesterday.)Unfortunately, as I have a mountain of to-dos this morning, I will not get to that post until later today or … [Read more...]
Feels like a Monday
…but I’m hoping that a quart or two of coffee will help. We’ve got a lot of snorty, sniffly people in this house at present and I am no exception. I’m wondering: Just how long can a single, silly cold last? Is this some sort of divine justice thing?We had a wonderful weekend despite the heaps of Kleenex. My daughter attended a 3-hour retreat for … [Read more...]
To the Moon and then the Sun and Back
A little girl in a yellow dress sits on a cafeteria chair. Her snow boots are swinging slightly and her head is bent studiously over her notebook as one long lock of hair escapes from her ponytail scrunchie and comes to rest lightly on the white page.Her momma stands nearby thinking, “My heart is melting!”My daughter Cate had her First Confession … [Read more...]
Mom? Will you look at me?
My son stepped on a pen the other day and the tip punctured his heel. Don’t ask me how he did this; the kid’s got talent.As with most minor injuries that occur within a large family, we slapped a band-aid on it and called it good. Unfortunately his courage alone was not enough to fight the infection. Within a day and a half the itty-bitty poke mark … [Read more...]
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