A Prayer for Lifeby Pope John Paul IIO Mary, bright dawn of the new world,Mother of the living,to you do we entrust the cause of life:Look down, O Mother, upon the vast numbersof babies to be born,of the poor whose lives are made difficult,of men and women who are victims of brutal violence,of the elderly and the sick killedby indifference or out … [Read more...]
Feels like another Monday
The kids & I are going to a play this afternoon, so I just checked our geeky homeschooling indoor/outdoor thermometer. The temperature is up a whopping 1 degree from yesterday and now rests at…2 degrees Fahrenheit. (That’s 2 degrees above zero, by the way. One must remain positive.) The coffee is obviously not working because it took me a … [Read more...]
An Early Morning Musing
Subtitled: Georgia on my MindAs I gently smoothed some hyper-pricey lotion over my face this morning, I thought, “You know, my skin doesn’t look that bad for a 41-year-old. I’m not nearly as wrinkly as I could be.” I peered at myself seriously in the mirror, turning my face from side to side.And then I smiled at myself, really big......and all … [Read more...]
Bubbles Bubbles
Should you still remain unconvinced that a cookie sheet brimming with sudsy water is worth the toil and trouble…And because one can never post too many photos of their children drinking Palmolive dish soap (Fresh Green Apple! Yum!)…And to prove one last time that this family fun science knows no age limits (okay, maybe that kid in the bouncy seat … [Read more...]
On Family Fun and Football Flicks and the Blessings of your Five-Year-Old
Jennifer wrote to ask me about the First Confession/First Communion program at our church, and to that end I am preparing a list of resources for parents. (This would be the “story to follow” reference at the end of my post yesterday.)Unfortunately, as I have a mountain of to-dos this morning, I will not get to that post until later today or … [Read more...]
A Sparkly Clean Soul
Nothing is sweeter than the calm of conscience, nothing safer than purity of soul - yet no one can bestow this on himself because it is properly the gift of God's grace. -- St. Columbanus Cate made her first confession last evening! (Story to follow.)Ad Jesum per Mariam, … [Read more...]
Name that Photo
a. Momma’s Little Darlingb. Angela at Restc. Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon For Momma’s pick, check the com-box! … [Read more...]
It’s time to switch to decaf…
...when your readers start sending you things like this! Thank you, Nicole, for the laugh. (I think?)Seriously, if there are any public speakers out there who are reading this, I’ve got a question for you: on the days that you speak, do you drink coffee? I will be giving my first talk ever to a group of homeschooling moms in about a month, and then … [Read more...]
Thought for the Day
“There is no task that could be presented to me, no matter how hard, that I would hesitate to undertake. For I have already experienced in many ways that if I strive at the outset with determination to do it, even in this life His Majesty pays the soul in such ways that only he who has this joy understands it.”St. Teresa of Avila *The above was … [Read more...]
Scared Straight
Subtitled: What’s up with all the eyeliner?I recently purchased one of these and—for the first time ever in my naturally curly life—I straightened my hair.It’s weird. It’s funky. I look like this.I’m not sure how or even if this information is relevant to your life, but somehow I felt compelled to share it with all the blogosphere.I’m afraid. I … [Read more...]
- « Previous Page
- 1
- …
- 171
- 172
- 173
- 174
- 175
- …
- 241
- Next Page »
