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Back-to-Back Birthdays?

by Filed Under: Felicity, Minnesota Me, My Girls, Special Events 10 Comments

Try simultaneous!Hers and hers matching presents: Sewing kits from Hancock Fabrics!I apologize (to no one in particular) for how infrequently I’ve been blogging. Life’s been kinda/sorta crazy-busy—in a good but definite way. Still, I wanted to get this birthday post up—for the girls, for me, for Great Grandma B.Except that Great Grandma B. doesn’t … [Read more...]

Overheard

by Filed Under: Felicity, Minnesota Me, My Girls 6 Comments

[as I lurked in the kitchen eating this by the spoonful]Angela: Which is more holier, Thanksgiving or Christmas?Felicity: Christmas, because Christmas is celebrated by Jesus and Thanksgiving is celebrated by pilgrims. Do you know what you’re asking, Angela? You’re asking who is more holier, Jesus or the pilgrims and Indians.Angela: Oh.[thoughtful … [Read more...]

Gliltchy

by Filed Under: Just Me, Minnesota Me 19 Comments

Updated to Add: As of this very early Saturday morning hour, (it’s 5:15, if you must know), not a single comment has been left on this post! Not a one! Not a two! Not even Lawrence Welk stopped by!(Obscure allusion. Forgive me.)Are you away on holiday? Are you just now returning from Thursday’s tryptophan-induced haze? I did receive a private … [Read more...]

Happy Thanksgiving!

by Filed Under: Gratitude, Minnesota Me, Special Events 8 Comments

May your day be filled with the love of family, and may you love your family for who they are;May your plate be full and your heart, equally so;And may you look for laughter in those little moments...while keeping one eye on your wine glass at all times.PS. I call this photo "Carpe Vino." It's Angela, of course, and was taken four years ago on … [Read more...]

In which I question my homemaking and prepare for three days of Feasting

by Filed Under: Felicity, Keeping It Real, Minnesota Me, My Girls, Special Events 13 Comments

Updated to Add: It just occurred to me that this title sounds like a reference to Thanksgiving. It’s not! I can’t even think about Thanksgiving until we’re finished with these two birthdays.Lawda mercy, but it’s true. Here we go again.Yesterday was my daughter Cate’s 10th birthday.Today we celebrate Felicity’s 8th.It’s crazy, it’s busy, it’s … [Read more...]

Christ the King

by Filed Under: Minnesota Me, Special Events, Spiritual Growth Leave a Comment

In honor of today’s great feast…You may well have already seen this, as it’s been “out there” for a couple weeks now.Still, I cry every time I see it.Today is one of those feasts where I feel—acutely—my shortcomings as a Christian. I want to be bolder in proclaiming Our Lord’s kingship; I want to submit; I want to know. What does it mean that He’s … [Read more...]