I have made it home safely from my retreat and was relieved to note that I still had five children on my return. My husband is such a trooper. Not only did he manage to get them to Mass (and back) and keep them fed & happy (I assume), he even managed to run a couple errands on Saturday!“You got a haircut?” I said incredulously. “What’d you do … [Read more...]
Bless me, Father…
No mother could snatch her child from a burning building more swiftly than God is constrained to succor a penitent soul.-- St. Henry Suso Jennifer wrote to ask me about the First Confession/First Communion program at our church, and as such I am going to have this post about Cate’s first confession do double duty.I know that Cate won’t mind!Let me … [Read more...]
It’s time to switch to decaf…
...when your readers start sending you things like this! Thank you, Nicole, for the laugh. (I think?)Seriously, if there are any public speakers out there who are reading this, I’ve got a question for you: on the days that you speak, do you drink coffee? I will be giving my first talk ever to a group of homeschooling moms in about a month, and then … [Read more...]
And the Winner Is…
Almost all of you! (No offense to those of you who lost.)I mean, really. You guys are just too good. I’m thinking maybe you’ve seen us driving around town as of late and based your guess on our scandalously filthy van.Yes, Felicity was reacting to the “Ultimate” car wash that my husband treated us to after Mass on Sunday. We live it up on Sunday, … [Read more...]
Checking In
…to say Hello and Happy New Year! It would be great if I could stop coughing long enough to do so, because the cold that I talked about in this post has decided to hang around to help me usher in 2008 with a bang and a hack and a “keep everyone else in the house awake with my need for a good expectorant.”It’s 4:00 a.m. and I’m up blogging. That’s … [Read more...]
To Auntie Sarah and Uncle Brian with Love on your Anniversary
13 years ago today, our mommy & daddy met at your wedding. Thank you, Uncle Brian, for misspelling Mommy’s name in the program—you typed it up as “Maraget,” as you’ll rightly recall, and she wouldn’t have met our father if she hadn’t gone over to complain about it—and thank you, Auntie Sarah, for agreeing to let Daddy be in your wedding despite … [Read more...]
Happy Anniversary to Us
One (or two) of these plus a platter of this topped off by attending this movie makes for a very pleasant evening.By the way, I highly recommend the above film. It is very pro-life, in a subtle sort of way. It is totally funny, engaging from start to finish, and is set in Minnesota! (Woo hoo! Hey, there's your reason!)This is not a movie for … [Read more...]
The Best of the Best: Christmas 2007
I absolutely love that Christmas is a season and not just a day. The fact is, once I have made it to the midnight mark on Christmas Eve, all pressure is off. What’s done is done and what isn’t…doesn’t matter.Here, then, are some of the highlights from the past few festive days.Christmas Eve day was as crazy as always. Have you ever waited to take … [Read more...]
Merry Christmas!
Here’s to “pondering all these things in our hearts”...Have a blessed and beautiful Christmas, everyone.Stay warm, stay safe, and above all, love your family!Ad Jesum per Mariam, … [Read more...]
Reconciled
I lost my patience yesterday, once or twice or maybe a hundred times.It’s easy to do when you’re surrounded by willful free spirits. I have my ways of doing things and they, quite frankly, do not.Still, I hate to hear that tone in my voice. I hate it when I have to yell to get them moving. (And on our Blessed Mother’s feast, to boot! For shame.)The … [Read more...]
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