Daddy: Who loves you?Angela: Mommy loves me!Daddy: Daddy loves you, too.Angela: No….Mommy loves me.Daddy: Mommy loves you and Daddy loves you.Angela: Oh. (Pause) That sounds great! … [Read more...]
Home Again Home Again
We have returned from our journey. Western North Dakota is still very flat, just so you know.Much of my family was able to meet up at the Holiday Inn in Fargo, and I’ll tell you—the hugs that I got from my nieces made the five-hour drive so very worth it. Thank you for your prayers; both young ladies were radiant.Which, given what they both have … [Read more...]
Okay, so obviously she hasn’t read the book yet.
The girls and I were watching this movie, which they received as an Easter present from their great grandma.“Well,” I asked, midway. “Do you like it?”“Yes, I do,” replied Felicity.Pause. “Even if it is about a spider.” … [Read more...]
The Rest of the Story
Subtitled: When Good Children Behave BadlyYesterday I shared the sweet side of Avila’s trip to the dentist.Today I am sharing the saltier rendition.(Both versions are totally accurate, mind you, though they do tend to produce very different emotions in my listeners.) As you will see.So I was in the family waiting room—waiting, as it were, most … [Read more...]
Holy Week Highlights: From the Sacred Triduum to the Triumph over the Cross
We slowed our pace way down last week. The focus (I hope) was where it should be: on the symbolically rich and liturgically beautiful Triduum.It still got crazy, (at times), as you will see. To the glory of God and to our amusement, (most times), we survived.Here’s my list of the best of the best or, at the very least, the most notorious: I … [Read more...]
Hello. How are you? I am okay.
But only just.It's “Open Comment” Sunday and I have nothing to share at present, other than Mass was far more “Passion Sunday” this morning than it was “Peace in heaven and glory in the highest!”Tell me: did your 2-year-old require multiple removals from the pew this morning? Did she poke the back of the neighboring parishioners’ heads with her … [Read more...]
The World According to…
My Maria.Upon observing Vincent Van Gogh’s last painting, Crows in the Wheatfield, and being asked what the crows might symbolize: “He put them in there because he felt pecked on.”After watching the movie Flicka and discussing the horse’s name: “She was named that because she flicked people off.”Don’t be scandalized by that last one. She meant … [Read more...]
Wanted: a Little Lady in a Great Big Van
So I slid into the booth at the McDonald’s playland yesterday, happy to have an hour to chat with my friends while our littlest ones played and our older kids were at choir up the street. We had been fifteen minutes late for choir and I shared with the other ladies the reason: I had tried to be a Good Samaritan but was rejected.Here is my story as … [Read more...]
Saxon Math Meets FlyLady
Did you know you can empty an entire draining rack during a 2-minute timed drill?And here I thought I had to look at those dishes all day. … [Read more...]
Black Monday
...is what you get when you cross the effects of a 4-hour time zone difference with an additional hour lost to having "sprung ahead."I am looking forward to blogging about my vacation.Perhaps I will do so when I have taken a vacation from my vacation.And I'm kidding.I think.I'll let you know when I'm cognizant.~ Self-portrait on the beach while … [Read more...]
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