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Look to Our Lady of Fatima

by Filed Under: Living Liturgically, Minnesota Me, Spiritual Growth, Tributes 15 Comments

I have never been to Fatima but I pray, someday, we’ll go there.The Fatima story inspires me.When I think of Mary, the queen of saints, I think of her incredible humility. It’s a bit daunting to consider and ironically my pride gets in the way. It’s as if I can’t grasp her virtues and so I simply do not try. It is much easier to focus on myself and … [Read more...]

Flowers for Mama

by Filed Under: Felicity, Minnesota Me 4 Comments

The neighbor girl was like, “Um, Mrs. B.? Is Felicity supposed to be crossing the street like that?”Yes, I replied, she is. First of all, our neighbor grows far more of those beautiful yellow...er... flowers than we do. (Although, for the sake of real reporting, I have to admit that our “puppy patches” outnumber his by ten to zero. What’s a ‘puppy … [Read more...]

Mom’s Day Reflections ‘08

by Filed Under: Gratitude, Minnesota Me, Motherhood, Special Events 16 Comments

Are you a mother? Happy Mother’s Day!Do you have a mother? Well, thank the good Lord for her! And thank her for how good you turned out! I’ll bet she worked very hard.We had a very nice day today and I hope the same for you. Because I had called my husband home early from his turkey hunting trip and because I had consequently taken a store-bought … [Read more...]

Monkey See

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Believe it or not, my brand new First Communicant misbehaved yesterday! They were playing out back on the play set (which sounds perfectly appropriate so far, I know) and she gave her brother a push. He managed to retain his grip, fortunately, but given that he had been on the roof of the play set at the time of her shove (putting him at about 20 … [Read more...]

First Communion 2008

by Filed Under: Family Fun, Minnesota Me, Moments of Incredible Joy, Motherhood, My Girls, Special Events, Spiritual Growth 33 Comments

“The Eucharist is the heart of the Church. Where Eucharistic life flourishes, there the life of the church will blossom.”- Pope John Paul the GreatYou know, it seems like just yesterday that I was bringing this little gal home from the hospital and my mom was commenting on how she looks so much like me. (She looks like me and she is like me. Gulp!) … [Read more...]

A Letter to my Daughter on Her First Holy Communion

by Filed Under: Minnesota Me, Motherhood, My Girls, Special Events, Spiritual Growth 3 Comments

Dearest Cate, The days and years leading up to this morning have been busy but so very beautiful. Thank you for the gift of you! I mean that. You have been such a blessing to this family and to me as a mother that it is truly a double gift that we are celebrating today: Jesus is coming to you and you, my sweet, are going to Him. He is just as … [Read more...]