“May no one read sadness or sorrow in your face when you spread in the world around you the sweet smell of your sacrifice; the children of God should always be sowers of peace and joy.”St. Josemaría Escrivá (The Furrow, p. 59) … [Read more...]
When all else fails…
...eat chocolate!(Especially since despite the cheerful tone of my last post, I cried my way through this morning’s Mass. Sigh. Like I said, the grief process has hills and valleys.)Anyway.The new Faith & Family has hit the stands, and I am both pleased and humbled to announce that I have authored one of the pieces.So did our Suzanne, by the … [Read more...]
Break out the Pink!
It’s Gaudete Sunday!“Rejoice in the Lord always; again I say, rejoice! The Lord is near.”(Phil. 4: 4, 5)When I went to my holy hour this morning, I was surprised to see what I had written in the book of intentions last Sunday: “That I may have the grace to grow in holiness this Advent.” Kind of ironic, don’t you think? One must be careful what one … [Read more...]
How to Melt your Mother’s Heart 101
by Felicity (age 5)Felicity: Do you know what I would like for Christmas, Momma?Momma (smiling): No I don’t, Honey. What is it?Felicity (shyly, as is her way): Whatever you want to get me.I should be so easy to shop for! … [Read more...]
Thank You
There are hills and valleys in the grief process.Buoyed by your kind condolences and generosity of spirit, I have been almost giddy for much of the day. We love our babies, and your responses are proof of that. We love our babies.But then the sun goes down and the quiet of the evening descends. I am left with the reality of what has … [Read more...]
A Bittersweet Feast
I have just come from the follow-up ultrasound where I learned that we have, indeed, lost our baby. December is becoming a tricky season for me to navigate: three pregnancies, three Advents, three miscarriages in a row.I am reminded of the poem “The Journey of the Magi” by T.S. Eliot, in which he asks, “Were we led all that way for birth or … [Read more...]
Reconciled
I lost my patience yesterday, once or twice or maybe a hundred times.It’s easy to do when you’re surrounded by willful free spirits. I have my ways of doing things and they, quite frankly, do not.Still, I hate to hear that tone in my voice. I hate it when I have to yell to get them moving. (And on our Blessed Mother’s feast, to boot! For shame.)The … [Read more...]
Good News/Bad News
The bad news first.After ministering to Angela who walked out of bed (yes, walked out of bed) at 2:00 a.m. this morning, I couldn’t get back to sleep. “Why not go downstairs and write a blog post,” I says to meself. (At 2:00 a.m. in the morning, I always talk like a pirate.)Unfortunately, the computer WASN’T WORKING. How dare it? I tried every … [Read more...]
A Christmas Cheer Challenge
Great prizes for an even greater cause can be found over at my friend Suzanne’s. Play now, play often, and may God bless you for your generosity.Ad Jesum per Mariam, … [Read more...]
And while we’re on the subject of needles…
Let’s talk a bit about the little trooper that’s my Felicity.Felicity is pictured above in my new blog header. She is as easy-going and gentle-natured as my Angela, say, is not. When I took her in for her 5-year immunizations yesterday, she took it in stride and didn’t say much about it.She cried, because the shots hurt like the dickens, but she … [Read more...]
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