is here this week.Scroll to the bottom of the post for all the contributions. I am regretting the title of my e-mailed submission, which was meant only to catch the eye of this week's host but to my husband's delight and my dismay was not edited.So that's me--the middle-aged homeschooling mother--smack dab in the middle of the Loni's and the … [Read more...]
Home Again Home Again
Our trip up north was so very nice and I have lots I want to share! First, though, comes time spent with Daddy and an exhilarating mountain of laundry to scale.On the briefest of notes I’ll close with an exchange between the boys after attending Mass one day with Grandma & Grandpa.Stephen: We prayed every decade that has a name!John Michael: No, … [Read more...]
One Last Hurrah
Margaret in Minnesota is going home to North Dakota! Grandpa George & Grandma Rita, here we come! … [Read more...]
On Losing Little Pluto: a Meditation
I am inexplicably mourning the loss of the planet Pluto. It doesn’t seem fair, really, for this little guy to have gotten the boot.First, it is annoying to have to learn another mnemonic. I have liked singing “My very educated mother! Just served us nine pizza pies!” Well, what’s on the menu now?I am certain that someone will eventually come up … [Read more...]
Some Days this Blog just Writes Itself
Avila: Mommy, what can I have for a snack?Me: Nothing. I'm making lunch in a half an hour.Avila: If I don't eat I'm going to die.Me: No you're not.Avila: Yes I are.Camille (the resident toddler): Die! Die! Die!Avila: See? Camille said! … [Read more...]
I hope they don’t mind all the gray hairs.
This post is for Karen E's daughter!Don't you love before and after pictures? An unexpected bonus was that I weighed a whole pound less after my haircut!The donation to Locks of Love far outweighs all that, though. … [Read more...]
Why I Love My Avila
Mommy (gently): Are your sandals on the right feet?Avila (blinking up at me): I don’t know. Are they? … [Read more...]
August 24, 2006: The Feast of St. Bartholomew
9 years ago today, you became a baby Christian. Happy Spiritual Birthday, Joel!May you go forth like the apostle Bartholomew and tirelessly spread the Gospel. (Use words if you have to.)We love you! … [Read more...]
On Losing Baby Rose but Gaining Perspective
Our baby should have been born this month.*That was not God's will, however, and on January 4th we lost her. It was my one and only miscarriage and my heart goes out to all the families that have gone through this more than once.My doctor sent me in to have an ultrasound done that day. About 20 minutes into the procedure, it was pretty easy to … [Read more...]
A Noteworthy Exchange
Daddy (teasingly): Mommy always wins the arguments.John Michael: Then what’s it worth to argue?*Ed. note: superficially it would seem that this post is all about Mommy winning arguments, but it's not. At the heart of this exchange is the question: Really, what is it worth to argue? And the answer is: Nada. … [Read more...]
