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In which I question my homemaking and prepare for three days of Feasting

by Filed Under: Felicity, Keeping It Real, Minnesota Me, My Girls, Special Events 13 Comments

Updated to Add: It just occurred to me that this title sounds like a reference to Thanksgiving. It’s not! I can’t even think about Thanksgiving until we’re finished with these two birthdays.Lawda mercy, but it’s true. Here we go again.Yesterday was my daughter Cate’s 10th birthday.Today we celebrate Felicity’s 8th.It’s crazy, it’s busy, it’s … [Read more...]

My Tiny Dancer

by Filed Under: Felicity, Growing Up, Minnesota Me, Special Events 22 Comments

Part II(Read Part I here.)We only have one daughter who’s in dance right now—my middle girl, my littlest girl.“Little” as in petite itself.Petite as petite can be.Now then. What with all my blogging about baseball and soccer—all the good-natured complaining about simultaneous games and chilly venues—I haven’t said much about Felicity’s sport. I … [Read more...]

A Letter to my 2nd Daughter on her First Holy Communion

by Filed Under: Felicity, Minnesota Me, Special Events 1 Comment

Dearest Felicity,Today you will receive Our Lord for the first time. I am so happy for you! You have worked so hard this year to prepare your heart for Him and you should be very proud. Right now your heart is a beautiful garden and your guest will be arriving soon—so soon!Do you know that He is just as excited as you are?You may feel nervous and … [Read more...]

A Banner Evening

by Filed Under: Felicity, Minnesota Me, Special Events, The Faith 8 Comments

Don’t know if you feed readers caught the update last night, but Felicity passed her interview.Yay! Praise God! She’s on her way!Mrs. Prather said that she did really well and that they had a nice little chat afterwards about Felicity’s patron saint. (Hint: “Felicity” is not Felicity’s real name, as much as I love it.) “She really seems to grasp … [Read more...]

My Little Flower

by Filed Under: Felicity, Minnesota Me, Special Events, Spiritual Growth, The Faith 15 Comments

*Updated to Add: She passed the interview!“How lovely it was, that first kiss of Jesus in my heart -- it was truly a kiss of love. I knew that I was loved and said, ‘I love You, and I give myself to You forever.’”--St. Thérèse on her First Communion (from Story of a Soul) Felicity has her First Communion interview this evening, after which we get … [Read more...]

My Tiny Dancer

by Filed Under: Felicity, Growing Up, Minnesota Me, Motherhood 7 Comments

Felicity's favorite day is Friday, because it is on Friday afternoon that she has dance class.She is the only one of our three girls who is taking dance class right now, not because we want to show preferences but because--of all the three--Felicity is the one who pined for lessons.Felicity's the one who begged for them.We first "tried on" dance … [Read more...]