In short, some habits are HARD to break. This is me. (Me and my husband, to be exact.) Can you tell that I'd had a $10 beer in this picture? I hope you say no, because I hadn't. Instead, alas, I'd had too much wine. TMI? No. Too much wine. (I'm telling you this for a reason. Bear with me.) This is our 2-year-old … [Read more...]
Baby Steps for a Big Baby: 7 Things I Did this Summer to Feel like Less of a Failure
Or: On How to Stop Over-eating, Over-worrying, Over-EVERYTHING, for crying out loud! You may have noticed that I haven't been blogging. There are at least two good reasons for this decision, seven of which I'm going to detail here. (?) The truth is, I was (trying to) squeeze every last moment of merit from the summer that flew by...and as … [Read more...]
Life Hacks vs. Life-Robbing
(along with a smattering of this and that) The back-to-school ads are starting back up already. Like seeing Christmas displays on the heels on Halloween discounts, I'm feeling pushed in a direction I'm not ready to go. Please just let me go to the park in peace! We have two full weeks left of July! La la la...I can't hear you, Target … [Read more...]
An Apple a Day {Eaten Mindfully}
Or: On Taking the KonMari Approach to my 2nd Whole30 The Why's, the How's, the Care to Join me? First, I've already explained the Whole30 program here: My First Whole30. Start with that post and then come back to this one. I'll wait... Hi again! So if you read (or re-read) my last post, (not to be presumptuous, of course), you know why I … [Read more...]
From Depression to Hope: the Rainbow Connection
Where to even begin? How about with the Pixar movie Inside Out? The girls and I went to see it last night and it. Is. FABULOUS. Life-changing, really, in terms of what I hope to accomplish with my life. Have you seen it? Without wanting to give away too much, I'll say simply that the idea of "making memories" really affected me. I wept and … [Read more...]
Whereupon God knocks me out of Bed and I stop…
...seeking my happiness in external signs of accomplishment. "Mom," my son said. "Stop being creepy." "I'm not!" I replied, taking a photo at the stoplight. BOOM! That was the sound of God turning my world completely upside down. (Not really.) (Actually, I just fell out of bed.) (Seriously, though? How many grown women fall out of … [Read more...]
Bloom Where You’re Planted
This will be just a brief meditation because I have got to start cleaning the garage. See? It's dusty. It's cluttered. It's crowded. It scares me. How on earth will I be ready for a grad party? It's only {gasp} ten days away! "I'll show you, Mama! You get the work done by playing Monopoly with me!" That's what HE thinks, … [Read more...]
A Grad Gift You Don’t Want to Miss: To Know the Savior by Michelle Gelineau
[Post Number I from the Minnesota Catholic Home Education Conference] [There will be more. Be warned.] Everyone, I'd like you to meet Michelle. Hi Michelle! Michelle is a beautiful, faith-filled sister-of-the-heart that I met at the MCHEC last year. At that time, she gave me one of her "Give Him Five" coffee mugs, which became a wonderful … [Read more...]
Love is in the Little Things
One of the best parts of my day is that first cup of coffee along with my morning offering. I subscribe to emails from The Catholic Company, (you can subscribe here if you wish), so once my mug of dark roast is brewed, I settle in with the words that come from God to me. God can take the very same email—or the very same verse, or gesture, or … [Read more...]
The Gift{s} of Pentecost
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...]
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