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Food for Thought

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The Church herself is a field, within which seeds and weeds, the good and the wicked, grow together, a place where there is room to grow, to be converted and above all to imitate God’s patience. The wicked exist in this world either to be converted or that through them the good may exercise patience.-- St. Augustine … [Read more...]

Boredom Buster

by Filed Under: Family Fun, Minnesota Me 1 Comment

Me: Do you want to read a book?Her: No.Me: Do you want to do a puzzle?Her: No.Me: Do you want to play outside?Her: No. Can I play PBS Kids on the computer?Me: No.Her: [silence]Me: Do you want to play with dish soap in a shallow pan?Her: Yes! Yes! Yes!I think, given the general mood of the average Minnesotan right now, it was purely by chance that I … [Read more...]

Going to the Zoo Zoo Zoo

by Filed Under: Family Fun, Minnesohta, Minnesota Me Leave a Comment

Alternately Titled: Different Strokes for Different FolksThe kids and I went to the zoo last Friday.It was actually our second trip to the zoo last week—the first being on Tuesday—but the behavior on Tuesday was such that we were obliged to return home early. (Some of my children were being stinks, if you must know.) The offending persons received … [Read more...]

Food for Thought

by Filed Under: Lent, Minnesota Me, Prayer, Spiritual Growth Leave a Comment

“The everlasting God has in His wisdom foreseen from eternity the cross that He now presents to you as a gift from His inmost heart.This cross He now sends you He has considered with His all-knowing eyes, understood with His divine mind, tested with His wise justice, warmed with loving arms and weighed with His own hands to see that it be not one … [Read more...]

Memories of Ellie

by Filed Under: Gratitude, Minnesota Me, The Dawg, Tributes Leave a Comment

“A dog doesn’t care if you’re rich or poor, educated or illiterate, clever or dull. Give him your heart and he will give you his.”-- Marley and MeIt’s hard to believe that just one short week ago today, our Golden Retriever was still alive.Better not to think about it…and yet, think about it I do.Memories of Ellie are everywhere.Anthony & … [Read more...]

Maggie’s Quick Picks

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Cate is at a birthday party across town this afternoon--a long birthday party, from noon to 5:00. (She's ecstatic.) Because the rest of the kids have choir at 5:15 and because the birthday party (providentially) is right by the church where we have choir...We are hanging out a local library for the duration.(Believe it or not, one of my children … [Read more...]

Extended Leave

by Filed Under: Felicity, Homeschooling, Minnesota Me Leave a Comment

I was giving my 7-year-old a spelling test and she was really struggling.“This is too hard!” Felicity set her pencil down and frowned at me. It was the word “use” that was tripping her up. She had written y-u-s-e and it just didn’t look right.For good reason.“Well,” I suggested, reading the warning signal in her reddened eyes. “Why don’t we come … [Read more...]