I'm busy making dinner at the moment. For a photographic update of the day's events (we're talking highlights, friend, only the highlights!) please visit Michelle (aka my lovely houseguest) at The Family-Centered Life. … [Read more...]
Can there ever be too many babies?
No, there can’t.Especially not at a homeschooling conference!From left to right: Daniel, Danielle, Margaret & some unidentified little darlingwrenched out of her mother’s arms for the purpose of this photo op. Can there ever be too many smooches given to these babies?Daniel says unreservedly yes.From left to right: Margaret (aka … [Read more...]
A Friendly Reminder
From Margaret (Mary) in MinnesotaThe Twelve Promises of the Sacred Heart(as given by Our Lord to Saint Margaret Mary Alacoque)1. I will give them all the graces necessary for their state of life.2. I will give peace in their families.3. I will console them in all their troubles.4. They shall find in My Heart an assured refuge during life and … [Read more...]
The Movie Version was Better
Lost: One Minnesota mother and her five children. Last seen setting out on a nature walk around the lake. Children were appropriately dressed in shorts and tennis shoes. The mother, however, was still in her “church clothes” from that morning: semi-uncomfortable sandals and a slightly-too-tight rayon skirt. (Don’t ask why. The mother doesn’t know.) … [Read more...]
Eight Years Ago, Today
We prayed…and got our May baby.He wasn’t due until the 8th of June, you know, but what Mary wants, Mary gets! Especially when it’s at the request of another momma! : )To our Stephen, Happy Birthday! And to the rest of you, a very blessed Feast of the Visitation!Make an on-line slideshow at www.OneTrueMedia.com … [Read more...]
Watch this Space
Because we finally bought a camera and will finally be able to post some photos.Just in time, eh? : )Thank you for all of your recommendations! We went with a Canon PowerShot, which will hopefully give us a lot of bang for our buck before we bang it to bits like the last ones. … [Read more...]
Purely Anecdotal
Son Number 1 to Son Number Two: “Guys like you should not be using tasers.”This is what I overhear as I am passing by the kitchen computer.Just keep moving, Mom. There’s a nice relaxing game of “Okay, you be the mommy kitty and I’ll be the baby” going on in the next room.* * * * *My daughter spilled half a box of cheerios … [Read more...]
Maggie’s Weekend Update
The Point/Counterpoint Version On the one hand, I got so sick on Pentecost Sunday that I was not able to attend Mass after all. And here I had so looked forward to greedily gathering up all those graces! (A plenary indulgence! Sigh!) There was no way I could have attended, as I was visiting the bathroom (Hello! How are you? Me? Well, I’m a bit … [Read more...]
Memorial Day 2007
~ To all our fallen soldiers withlove and gratitude ~You are gone but not forgotten.In Flanders fields the poppies blowBetween the crosses row on row,That mark our place; and in the skyThe larks, still bravely singing, flyScarce heard amid the guns below.We are the Dead. Short days agoWe lived, felt dawn, saw sunset glow,Loved and were loved, and … [Read more...]
A Pentecost Primer
I love the feast of Pentecost and could probably spend all year preparing to celebrate it. As it is, I am just busy enough these days to be happy with a week’s worth of preparation, which is the time I had this time around.I know the Holy Spirit understands. ;)This past week, then, found us learning (and relearning) the seven gifts of the Holy … [Read more...]
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