A beautiful friend has a birthday today!Happy Birthday, Jennie! 35 years young, huh? Well, I've got you beat.You are an amazing mom and a very brave wife. On days when I am feeling sorry for myself, I think of you...and I think of your husband in Iraq...and I find the courage to be braver.Thank you for the gift of you, and for the funny, touching, … [Read more...]
Ten Years Ago Today
I was phoning my friend to ask the following:“Um…I’m in labor. Is it okay if I skip Mass?”My friend’s response:“You goofball! Get to the hospital!”The ubiquitous birthday breakfast request: monkey bread! Happy, Happy Birthday to my handsome, helpful boy. You have never minded sharing your day with Our Blessed Mother, which is but one of the things … [Read more...]
Happy Feast of the Assumption!
“The ark which God has sanctified,Which He has filled with grace,Within the temple of the LordHas found a resting-place.”The Assumption of Mary is one of those feasts that the world would gladly diminish. We know better though, don’t we?Still, I also know that I myself see so dimly the eternal truths of this proclamation.Oh, to be holy, as Mary was … [Read more...]
The Sweetness of a Distant Shore
Turning 40 was, in my mind, the perfect opportunity to hit my husband up for a dream vacation: Hawaii. This former North Dakotan grew up land-locked; I had never been anywhere tropical before; I had always, always longed to.My husband considered my proposition. “Will I have to throw you a surprise party, too?”I pretended to consider. “Um….no?”“It’s … [Read more...]
Coffee, Tea and Talk of Blogging
Actually, just tea.But it was such very good tea—blackberry, yum!—that I didn’t even mind not being served coffee.I didn’t mind anything about this afternoon, in fact.I was as happy as a clam.So…for all you non-participants in my guessing game (What’s a gal gotta do to get you people to comment? Offer a $200.00 gift certificate to … [Read more...]
Name that Minnesota Blogger
Answers & full post pending my children's bedtime. … [Read more...]
Taking Back
...what I said in my last post about not wanting to be inside today.I have been invited to an impromptu conference comprised entirely of Minnesota Bloggers! Can you guess who they might be?There should be five of us if we're all in attendance. … [Read more...]
No More Looth Tooth
And in its place, a brand new spitting hole! … [Read more...]
Yeah, the Twins lost 7-2.
Not that you’d know it from these faces! Image courtesy of Grandma Cathy and Grandpa Doug. Thank you, you two! Our boys won't soon forget it! … [Read more...]
4th of July by Numbers
This piece was composed with a loving nod to Danielle,who—to my knowledge—started this whole “by numbers” thing one Christmas.Happy Belated 4th, my friend! Minutes we were late for the Independence Day parade because Daddy was yakking on the phone: 10. Minutes Momma brooded over being late for the parade: 10. (All things being equal.) … [Read more...]
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