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On Being Three or…

November 7, 2016 by Minnesota Mom Filed Under: Honest Blogging, Humor, Keeping It Real, Motherhood, My Boys 1 Comment

Proud Parenting Moments, No. 4,376 I couldn’t not tell you all this story. Consider it my public confession—my “mea culpa” on behalf of this kid. Yesterday, my husband and I attended an area meeting for the People of Praise. We brought our three youngest with us: Angela, 12, who was helping out in the childcare; George, 7, who had an "Arrows" … [Read more...]

30 Posts in 30 Days?

November 18, 2015 by Minnesota Mom Filed Under: Blogging, Francis, My Girls 2 Comments

What do you know? I'm over halfway there. It's both killing me AND making me stronger.   (This kid, too, is both killing me and making me stronger.) (What a little stink he is!) (But extremely cute, so he gets away with it.) The thing about blogging daily is--actually, there are LOTS of things, but the big one for me is … [Read more...]

A Glass Half Full Kinda Amputee

June 23, 2015 by Minnesota Mom Filed Under: Anecdotal, Blogging, George, My Boys 11 Comments

"If my left leg was cut off, I'd be thankful that it wasn't my right leg 'cause I can hop really well on my right leg."  * * * In other news, I miss this space! Do you miss me back? 'Cause I'm trying--trying!--to find the time to spend blogging, but I'd love a little online hug. {hint hint} I have so many posts lined up for you! Our grad … [Read more...]

Armed & Ready: My Firstborn’s High School Graduation

June 8, 2015 by Minnesota Mom Filed Under: Growing Up, Joe, Minnesota Me, Motherhood, Special Events 6 Comments

In heading into this last week before our grad party... I wish I could say I was as confident as this. I wish I had the unabashed strength of a two-year-old—a strength in spirit if nothing else.   I wish I felt ready to host a hundred people. I wish my garage were already clean.  "Would you just trust me?" My husband is … [Read more...]

The Gift{s} of Pentecost

May 24, 2015 by Minnesota Mom Filed Under: George, Living Liturgically, Minnesota Me, Prayer, Special Events, Spiritual Growth 9 Comments

Gifts. Plural. There are thousands of them that I  could be requesting today, and also thousands of things for which I'm thankful.  Like this little guy: ...who turns six today! This year, he shares his birthday with the Church. : ) You may remember that George is our miracle boy, a gift (there's that word!) from God after four … [Read more...]

On being the Bipolar Mom of Double Bookend Boys

May 17, 2015 by Minnesota Mom Filed Under: Growing Up, Keeping It Real, Minnesota Me, Motherhood, My Boys 13 Comments

[Including, but not limited to, a son who will be graduating from high school in three short weeks] I appear to be at a point in my life where either I blog it all or not at all. I was surprised to click over here yesterday and see that I haven't posted anything since the start of May. "How can this be?" I asked myself, "When life is full full … [Read more...]

The Face of Five & the Wonderful, Terrible, Terrifically Challenging Two’s

April 30, 2015 by Minnesota Mom Filed Under: Francis, George, Minnesota Me, Motherhood, My Boys 4 Comments

My 5-year-old takes me on flights of fancy. "How you make wood, Mama," he said, whittling away, "is you carve little bits like this. I have to make little wood pieces. I have to wait a couple minutes or hours for it to dry out because did you know that wood from a stick is wet? I'm making a house. Do you see all the progress I've … [Read more...]

My Eagle Scout

April 22, 2015 by Minnesota Mom Filed Under: Joe, Minnesota Me, Scouting, Special Events 4 Comments

As promised, here are some of the photos from my son's Eagle Court of Honor. It was held on Sunday, April 12th, and was a very fun and busy day, the culmination of his career as a Scout. I'm a proud mama, certainly. (Proud and tired. Thank goodness for coffee.) I was up way too late the night before, assembling his photo board and … [Read more...]

The Wings to Fly: Thoughts about Honesty, Temperance and my Son becoming an Eagle Scout

April 13, 2015 by Minnesota Mom Filed Under: Honest Blogging, Joe, Minnesota Me, Special Events, Spiritual Growth 9 Comments

Let's start with the fun, exciting news: My son's Eagle Scout court of honor was yesterday! I have some nice photos from the day but won't be sharing them until tomorrow because our computer, annoyingly, keeps crashing when I try to access the files. This made assembling the Court of Honor slideshow quite stressful, but the coffee and Redd's … [Read more...]

The Early Bird Catches the Joke Worm

April 1, 2015 by Minnesota Mom Filed Under: Family Fun, Francis, Minnesota Me 2 Comments

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