~ This post is dedicated to Karen Edmisten, a dear friend and one of my favorite converts. : ) It was she that introduced me to Daily with De Sales...and it is she that has a birthday today! Happy Birthday, Karen!! "You recognize thousands of imperfections and failings in yourself, contrary to your desire for purity and perfect love of … [Read more...]
Weigh-In Wednesday
Vol. II UPDATE: Alrighty then. I'm going to try to jump-start the conversation by asking a question: What are your favorite work-out songs? My poor link-up is parched and desperate! Also, I've added one of my favorite blasts from the past at the bottom. As a bonus, if it inspires just five people to link-up, I'll tell you about the time … [Read more...]
From Lent…with Love
ED. NOTE: Saving the best for last here, so please please read through to the end. So we are a good full week into the start of Lent. How is it going for you? I think I finally found a penance that's a good fit for me—the “not partaking of the drink” thing, that is. Of course, having said this, I'm sure that it will suddenly become unbearable. … [Read more...]
Gloom, Bloom and a Give-Away Winner
"I couldn't figure out why the ball was getting bigger. And then it hit me." Anonymous I am learning, in my advanced maternal age, not to party TOO hard on Mardi Gras. Madcap (and Made-up) Mardi Gras Revelers Why? You know why. Who wants to fast on a hangover? Revelery (as edited by Angela) Truly Scrumptious Plus no hair of … [Read more...]
A Journey, not a Destination
Or, From Here to Eternity On Friday, my family went to the ice caves. It was an all-day day trip; we got home after 10:00. We walked a mile just to get to the ice caves. This felt more like FIVE miles on the way back. On Saturday, my husband and I went on retreat. We were out the door by 8 a.m. and did not get home until 8 p.m. (We … [Read more...]
On Wanting to Crawl into a Mitten and Hide
This past Monday morning, we drove to a play about winter in the dead of winter. Appropriate, no? It was very slow going and a bit nail-biting at times, but we made it there despite the blowing snow and slippery roads. There were semis in the ditch. We attended a ballet based on the book The Mitten. Have you read it? It's a family favorite. … [Read more...]
Weekends with Chesterton
The One Where my iPad Takes a Bath "Life in itself is not a ladder; it is a see-saw." G.K. Chesterton, The Well and the Shallows May I be completely honest? I don't have a lot of time for reading Chesterton these days, so when it comes to doing this weekend link-up, which I love, I simply take down my copy of The Apostle of … [Read more...]
A Free Pre-Valentine’s Day Message
Do you love your husband? Then love your husband. Love your husband the way he needs to be loved. * * * I was at Walmart last night picking up treats for tomorrow. There were heart-covered vases, heart-bearing teddy bears, and enormous heart-shaped boxes of candy. (My personal "favorite" was one that had the picture of a cartoon bikini-ed … [Read more...]
Boxed In
This post is dedicated to everyone who's feeling boxed in by life: the fed-up, the lonely, the huddled, the cold. The temperature is {minus} ten degrees right now. I get the idea of being huddled and cold. I would like to go back to my "Voices" post today, in part because it was just so darn cheerful. ("Cheerful" in, like, the total buzz … [Read more...]
Voices
Who am I kidding, anyway? I'm just an ordinary mom with a stupid little blog. And Philip Seymour Hoffman was just an actor. * * * There are voices in our heads—more so in the artistic types, perhaps—that constantly try to define who we are by comparing us to what we are not. We look for love and seek affirmation constantly; we overeat, get … [Read more...]
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