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The Faith of a Child

by Filed Under: Minnesota Me, Motherhood, Spiritual Growth 4 Comments

“God gave me the consolation of contemplating at close range the souls of little children. A poor woman [died when still very young] and left three very little children; during the woman’s illness, we took care of the two little girls; the older one was not yet six.“I spent the whole day with them, and it was a great pleasure for me to see with … [Read more...]

NOT an Acceptable Nickname

by Filed Under: Minnesota Me, Motherhood, My Boys 5 Comments

My 8th grader was pleased when I brought home a 4-pack of pudding for his school lunch. I told him, “Tell your friends that your momma bought these for you ‘cause you’re her Little Pudding.”He cocked an eyebrow at me.“What?” I said. “It’s true.”“Mom…” He wore that familiar teenaged expression of half amused and half too-cool-to-admit-it.“No … [Read more...]

While We’re on the Subject…

by Filed Under: Minnesota Me, My Boys 6 Comments

I told Jem that Dad and I thought he was nocturnal, too. “What do you mean?” Jem asked. “Well,” I responded, “You never really want to go to bed and you like to sleep in in the morning.”“I ask to go to bed sometimes,” he countered.I laughed. “Jem, I could say we were going out for ice cream and you’d find something to argue about.”His response? … [Read more...]

Larger than Life

by Filed Under: Cultural Commentary, Minnesota Me, Sports Stuff 8 Comments

--Why I’ll be watching on Super Bowl Sunday, even though my homies won’t be there.Photo courtesy of duckduckgeeseSo! Did your football-team-of-choice win this weekend? Did you even…um…watch the games? I’m a purple-and-gold gal myself, (Hello?? Minnesota Mom?!) but when it became clear that the Vikings were no longer a contender (this … [Read more...]

Sweet Nothings

by Filed Under: Anecdotal, Minnesota Me, New Baby 10 Comments

I scooped up George and held him close.“I’m going to tell you a secret,” I told him. “I’m going to whisper it in your ear.”He looked at me curiously.“I love you,” I whispered, and he responded with a grunt.“You are a very nice young man.” He merely sat there.“You are really, really cute.” At this he nodded vigorously. “Finally!” he seemed to be … [Read more...]

Extraordinary Soup

by Filed Under: Food and Drink, Hearth & Home, Minnesota Me 7 Comments

“Cook was in the kitchen. She was bent over the stove. She was stirring something. Was it a sauce? No. Was it a stew? No. What Cook was stirring was…soup. Soup, reader! In the king’s own castle, against the king’s law, right under the king’s very nose, Cook was making soup!” -- from The Tale of DespereauxIt’s so simple, really, you won’t believe … [Read more...]