Felicity: Mom! Cate’s not sharing the puffcorn!Cate: But Mom! She wasn’t savoring it! … [Read more...]
Stressed
I had a dream the other night. I imagine you did, too.My dream was most unpleasant, though. I’d had a baby—yay!—then had to give him away to another mom to raise. Sob! Far worse was when I approached the other mom tentatively and asked if I might hold my child for a moment. I looked down at that little face with longing and wanted so much to be … [Read more...]
The World According to Felicity (Age 5)
“Early birds are only shaped like kids and mommas and grandmas. Dads and grandpas can’t be early birds.”And that is all she has to say about that.Ad Jesum per Mariam, … [Read more...]
Memorial Day 2008
~ To all our fallen soldiers withlove and gratitude ~You are gone but not forgotten.In Flanders fields the poppies blowBetween the crosses row on row,That mark our place; and in the skyThe larks, still bravely singing, flyScarce heard amid the guns below.We are the Dead. Short days agoWe lived, felt dawn, saw sunset glow,Loved and were loved, and … [Read more...]
A Royal Hour
Even knowing as I do the power of a living book, I am often surprised by the different ways in which my children end up inspired. Take last night as an example. We were listening to Prince Caspian in the van on our way to and from confession. No great surprises there—we had read this book ages ago but thought it good to refresh our memories before … [Read more...]
Before and After
Breaking News
Son Number Two hit a homer!(Okay, so this happened on Thursday….but still. I’m a busy mom of many! Give me a break!)I would provide you with a play-by-play of the event as it happened, but as luck would have it (or should I say, my ill fate), I was walking off the field at the exact same time as Jem’s hit.In other words, I completely missed … [Read more...]
Half the Birthday
…but all the fun.Because their late November birthdays usually fall on or very near Thanksgiving, Cate and Felicity’s parties often get wedged into the other festivities. They have dealt with this offense cheerfully enough, but still. For all of her life, and granted she is only five, Felicity has been lamenting the fact that she never gets an … [Read more...]
Keeping the Faith (Part II)
You gotta have a good bit of faith to stay put during your son’s Tuesday night baseball game (as in all of its innings, in the cold) when you know that the American Idol finals are being televised at that very moment.You have to trust that your friend across town is going to TiVo tonight’s show because doesn’t her son play baseball also? Does he … [Read more...]
David vs. David
So who’s it gonna be?Who do you want it to be?Up until now I have kept silent on the AI issue, preferring to keep my opinion to myself because, frankly, I had no opinion. I hadn’t watched a single show.I’d remained aloof. I’d resisted.And then one quiet spring evening three weeks ago, I gave in. My husband had the boys at practice and feeling … [Read more...]
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