As she and her children ease back into the school year:Dear Lord, please help me to not gasp out loud at what my children have forgotten.Do not let me be sarcastic!Take away my irritation at the sloppy handwriting and the rampant misuse of capital letters.Replace my dismay at their mistakes with thankfulness for moments sitting next to them.Help me … [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...]
A little clarity, please?
Sometimes, for the sake of being “artsy”, I end up being clear as mud.Case in point: I received a couple of sweet e-mails after my Unsubscribed post just below, the gist being that I’d made my friends say “huh?”If you knew what I meant by that post, you can stop reading now.For the rest of you, here’s my explanation.Having given Pioneer Woman a … [Read more...]
Unsubscribed.
The grain of salt became a pillar. … [Read more...]
Please Don’t Tell Ina
But I’m having a bad muffin day.A bad muffin day, indeed. … [Read more...]
The Grace of Losing It: Part II
“Get behind me, Satan! You are an obstacle to me.You are thinking not as God does, but as human beings do.” (Mt. 16:23) Week Two of Swim Camp and things are going well. My four older swimmers are progressing and my two-year-old tag-along is behaving.Which is to say, she’s still a handful. But she hasn’t, like, thrown herself into the pool in … [Read more...]
When She’s Hot, She’s Hot
On any other day, an outing to the Minnesota Landscape Arboretum with four other families would be awesome. On a morning when the temps are in the 90’s, though, (a morning, mind you) and the heat-humidity index, drippingly high, such a trip is awesome and…uncomfortable.Mostly awesome.But also sticky, sweaty, and red-faced.Even a big … [Read more...]
Summer Fun ’07
Having spent the greater part of the afternoon at a totally cool camping store, my thoughts are—not surprisingly—on tents.And trips.And traveling.I realized, coming home this afternoon, that I have been terribly remiss in not sharing with you some of my favorite photos from our recent vacation—you know, to the great state of North Dakota and then, … [Read more...]
I’m Slow but I Think I Get It
I was flipping through the latest catalogue from Sam’s Club when I saw that there were flag cakes and red, white & blue cupcakes listed in the Fall Favorites section.I had to pause and think about that one for a moment and then—I think—I got it.It’s not a Labor Day thing, I don’t think.It’s a 9-11 thing, isn’t it?And it’s turning into a Memorial … [Read more...]
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