The good news is: we have free access to the Rosetta Stone language program through our county library's website (an awesome resource for an overworked teacher-mom).The bad news is: the kids really like it.As in,Child #1: “It’s my turn!”Overworked Teacher-Mom: “No, it’s not. It’s Child #2’s.”Child #1 bullies his way onto the stool when Overworked … [Read more...]
For Kristen
When to the session of sweet silent thoughtI summon up remembrance of things past,I sigh the lack of many a thing I sought,And with old woes new wail my dear time's waste:Then can I drown an eye, unused to flow,For precious friends hid in death's dateless night,And weep afresh love's long since cancelled woe,And moan the expense of many a vanish'd … [Read more...]
With heartfelt thanks…to Alice & Diane & YOU
I am going to shock your socks off in announcing:Alice has done it again.Something so unexpectedly delightful, even for Alice.Something beautiful,And caring,And bring-a-sad-miscarrying-mommy-to-tears-all-over-again thoughtful.This rosary, made by this lovely lady, arrived in the mail yesterday.It's so very pretty! My husband fingered it gently and … [Read more...]
Scenes from Our Tea
...in honor of Our Lady of Guadalupe.Alice, where were you?!! Well, you were an honorary guest since the idea for this lovely tea was entirely yours.It was a hit!We started out with a Rosary. All five decades were led most admirably by the kids, with our intentions being joined to those brave Pro-Life marchers in DC (and elsewhere).The kids were … [Read more...]
Little One, I Loved You So
Non habemus hic manentem civitatem--here we have no lasting city. St. Josemaría Escrivá The other night, as we were lying in bed and talking, I apologized to you via my husband for this roller coaster ride that my blog has taken you on.“That’s the nature of a blog,” my husband said simply. “That’s life. There are ups and downs.”He’s right, I … [Read more...]
A Prayer to the Holy Spirit
...in our time of trial.We lost our little one today, (I was 11 weeks along), and for now I would just like to share this beautiful, consoling poem that was given to me by my dear friend Tina.Come, Holy Spirit, fill my heart with Your holy gifts. Let my weakness be penetrated with Your strength this very day that I may fulfill all the duties of my … [Read more...]
Everything AND the Kitchen Sink
"Friendship is born at that moment when one person says to another: "What! You, too? Thought I was the only one."C.S. Lewis Jane at Blackberry Brambles has proposed sharing pictures of the view from our kitchen sink.I was hugely inspired by this idea—a simple notion and yet, such a gesture of friendship. After all, the kitchen sink is where we … [Read more...]
I Can’t Hear You!
Subtitled: Upon waking from a really bad dream and wanting to tell my subconscious to shut up.And I don’t even let my kids say shut up.That’s how bad the dream was.In it, my parents were packing up after a visit. I stopped by our guest room (which is also our office/library/garbage dump) to see how they were doing. Imagine my surprise when I saw … [Read more...]
You just KNEW these were coming…
Scenes from our Minnesotan Winter Wonderland!Finally!!!These were taken with our camcorder and are not HDTV-type images, but you get the idea. The first shot is of our intrepid 7-year-old: such a good helper for such cheap labor.The second image needs no explanation, other than this is the view out my kitchen window. Now you know what I see when … [Read more...]
Ring Out the Old, Ring In the New: the Loveliness of Resolutions
"A New Year's resolution is something that goes in one year and out the other."~Author Unknown I can’t say I’m one to make New Year’s resolutions.I can talk about them, however, especially when the Loveliness Fair is at hand!The fact is, I don’t need to write a list come January 1st because I’ve already been writing it all year long. I live my … [Read more...]
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