The “Big Brother’s Watching” Edition … [Read more...]
Notes from the Long (and very Happy) Weekend
(only the highlights, I promise) Note Number I: Sacerdotal Ordination That's a fancy term for becoming a priest. "Fancy" as in, oh my goodness, ten new priests! My family attended this ceremony on Saturday morning. It was very beautiful and very long. "Long" as in three hours total. "Three hours total" as in so very worth it. … [Read more...]
HTML Question
The code on my blog is being incredibly wonky. Any time I do a link, I get something like this: <span class="wrc13" onmouseout="cancel = false; window.setTimeout(WRCHideContent, 1000); clearTimeout(showTimer);" onmouseover=" var self = this; showTimer = … [Read more...]
A Love Story on Memorial Day
Twenty years ago, I was finishing up a degree in Secondary Education and was asked to interview someone of retirement age. I picked two of my favorite people in the world: my mom and dad, who were then 66. In light of my father's recent diagnosis, and in honor of his service to this country, I am republishing this story from … [Read more...]
Four short years ago today…
...God gave us our miracle baby! (It was actually nine months before that but, you know.) ~ Happy 4th Birthday, George! ~ George is a smart and funny little kid—a bit spoiled, if you must know the truth, but that’s to be expected. He loves Minecraft, Angry Birds, Phineas & Ferb (especially playing Agent P.), doing his spelling on … [Read more...]
Weigh-In Wednesday
a.k.a. a bucket list of my insanity Point the First: I’m often told, when people hear that I’ve got seven kids, that “I must be really busy.” My standard response is “Not at all! I make the kids do all the work.” Lately, though, I’m thinking that they are right. What I would tell them if I were brutally honest…which I’m not…when it comes … [Read more...]
Clinging to my beads today…
...and chewing my fingernails to the quick. (The former of those two is the better half.) As I told my sons when I dropped them off at school this morning, we really don't know the day or the hour when we will be called from this earthly life. On Sunday, we were at a Senior Recital. The young woman graduating is a neighbor of ours--we have … [Read more...]
Daddy Update
(Because yes, this awesome man’s my “daddy.”) (I am 46 and he is 88 and he will always be my daddy.) The little boy in this photo is now six feet tall. Craziness! I would like to thank you, dear readers, again & again & with all my heart, for the prayers you are offering for my father. Certainly “cancer” is not the most upbeat of … [Read more...]
Love is Everything
Early this morning I dropped my boys off at school. “Only one week to go!” 15-year-old Joe remarked. “And then I start my driver’s training.” As we pulled up to the entrance, my eyes were drawn to a girl on the sidewalk. In most every way, she looked like the other female students—standard white polo, navy skirt—but in one distinct way, she was … [Read more...]
“The Interruptions ARE your Day”
This came to me via my dear friend, Tina. It blessed my day and I’m fairly certain… It will bless yours, too. “Where You Water It” PS. Those “interruptions” include bickering siblings. And tattling tots. And sticky spoons. And ants. (Damn ants.) … [Read more...]
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