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I ♥ Our Lady

by Filed Under: Living Liturgically, Minnesota Me, Spiritual Growth 6 Comments

Subtitled: SerendipityI was tempted to feel discouraged yesterday. Here it was the feast of Our Lady of Mount Carmel—allegedly one of my favorites—and I had done little to nothing to prepare for it!First off, we didn’t make it to daily Mass and this omission quickly lent itself to all sorts of guilt. I batted it away and squared my shoulders. … [Read more...]

Homeward Bound (and Back)

by Filed Under: Family Fun, Gratitude, Minnesota Me, Special Events 15 Comments

You may already know that I’m originally from North Dakota.This is the view outside the WalMart in the town where I grew up. It is much better than the view inside the WalMart. Yes, I realize that makes the title of this blog a misnomer. I am not really a Minnesota mom—I am a transplant, I am a fraud.Would it help if I said that I grew up on the … [Read more...]

Doing One’s Duty to God and Country

by Filed Under: Growing Up, Minnesota Me, My Boys 10 Comments

Here’s the thing.The brothers are away, see—both of them. The brothers are away at Scout camp for the entire week, and my mom misses them like crazy.Going home to see her family in North Dakota helped…a bit.Taking me and my sisters to the pool while there? Another nice distraction, yeah, though I know she felt “incomplete” as a family and that her … [Read more...]

A Day in the Life of a Soccer Mom

by Filed Under: Family Fun, Minnesota Me, My Girls, Sports Stuff 14 Comments

I can’t believe I just wrote that title.Am I really a soccer mom? If so, how did I get here? I never planned to be a soccer mom.I’d always thought of myself as a stay-home-and-read-a-good-book kind of mom. Or how about a stay-home-and-bake-cookies mom? I could do that. I have done that.This business, though, of driving my children from this sport … [Read more...]

Still celebrating?

by Filed Under: Family Fun, Minnesota Me, Special Events 7 Comments

Of course you are.Unless you’re, like, Canadian. And then you’re probably…not.Or are you?My husband has the day off today and as such we are in the camp of those still celebrating. He’s at the gun club as I type, celebrating his freedom & independence (and not mention, the 2nd Amendment) with his buddies.(He’s got his guns and I got my blog. … [Read more...]