I absolutely loved this post. Read it and see if you can guess why. Leave a comment on my blog with your thoughts and you just might win! (Hint: it’s a give-away. I will be closing comments on this post at midnight.) I’m not going to tell you what you might win. You have to make a leap of faith. Yours sporadically but just as cryptic as … [Read more...]
Wordy Thursday
(as opposed to, say, Wordless Wednesday) So I don’t have the time to do an all-out Daybook post, but I do have a photo thought I’d like to share with you. Two of my Favorite People! (Although granted, I have lots.) A photo thought and a short little story. This morning Felicity lingered after breakfast. The rest of the kids … [Read more...]
A Simple Treat for the Feast of Saint Benedict
I happen to love St. Benedict. Maybe it’s the story of him and his twin sister, St. Scholastica. You know the one, right? They had gotten together for their annual visit and, when evening fell and it was time for St. Benedict and his monks to leave, Scholastica beseeched him not to go. “I have to go, sister,” he informed her. “It’s our … [Read more...]
Grace sufficient for my Weakness
First, an admission: I am—and have always been—prone to drama. This is a shocking revelation, I know. You had no idea. And yet, even knowing as he does my off-Broadway tendencies, my husband was startled when he read my latest post. “Sheesh,” he said, and I’m quoting him verbatim. “Sheesh.” Because even for me, that post was dramatic. … [Read more...]
On Raising Boys & Watching Lost & Baking a Banoffee Pie
(Oh, and a wee little bit about blogging) Prologue: I had a jarring experience two weeks ago. It was, for me, a sort of spiritual September 11th—thoroughly unexpected and entirely unasked for—and yet it happened and I know it was God's will. Since then, I’ve been pretty quiet over here. It is hard to blog when you can’t say what you most … [Read more...]
Rude Little Rembrandt
I was very proud of George’s drawing until he told me the name of it. “This is ‘Big Big Momma!’” he said. Isn’t that special? I’m going back to the couch now. … [Read more...]
Food for Thought
“In the day-to-day struggle with self, with the forces of evil within and around us, it is only too easy to give up, to shut our eyes to the reality of our redemption, and to sink into despair. It is essential never to forget that Our Lord has accepted our human condition and saves us from within it. “The very existence of the sacrament of … [Read more...]
CVBS Busy
Yesterday included—but was not limited to—getting all six kids! up and out of the house before 8:00. Same for Monday. Same for today. Same for (Is this even necessary to say?) tomorrow. Need I say more? No, I really don’t. Need I more sleep? Yes, I do do do. Ed. Note: “CVBS” stands for Catholic Vacation Bible School. This is the … [Read more...]
On Father’s Day…and Always
See that man standing next to me? (He’s easy to spot. There’s only one.) That’s my husband. I love him lots. We have been married for sixteen years and are six lively kids the richer for it. We have four little ones gone before us into eternity, and one little bun (Who’d have thought?) in the oven. We have known good times, bad times, worse … [Read more...]
Harvard Bound
(Although, admittedly, his mom would prefer Steubenville.) … [Read more...]
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