Subtitled: Too Much Of a Good Thing First, the good news. I have been needing to make new seat covers for oh, I hate to admit it… about a year now. We have a cheap little kitchen table set with some pretty sad chairs to go around it. I mean, it’s fine for what it … [Read more…]
I’m sitting at my desk, preparing for our Bible/catechism study tomorrow night, and I ran across this passage that just stopped me in my tracks. It is taken from an ancient homily for Holy Saturday: Today a great silence reigns on earth, a great silence and a great stillness. A great silence because the King … [Read more…]
I have been wrestling with how on earth I was going to be able to tell this story. I’m afraid it’s going to take a lot of rambling, but if you’re willing to follow along, I hope it will be worth it in the end. All of my adult life I have struggled with fear … [Read more…]
I was so excited when the Catholic Company offered this up for review — the Great Adventure Kids Pack. I had heard many good things about the Great Adventure Bible series, although I have never had a chance to look at it myself. If this is any indication of what the rest of the series … [Read more…]
In what has become a 3-years running tradition, a great group of friends descended upon my house for a lunchtime BIRTHDAY PARTY!! Thanks to my wonderful friend Malia (the lovely lady in green behind me) who organized the whole thing, we had at least 30+ people here for a fabulous lunch of Indian and Greek … [Read more…]
There’s my sweet little guy (Thomas, on the right) on his way out the door to go to his doctor’s appointment. He knows he’s getting shots today. And there is Christopher, ever the big brother, going with him to keep him company and to hold his hand if he gets scared. ‘Cause that’s what brothers … [Read more…]
Click here. Courtesy of American Papist. Pray, pray, pray. May God have mercy on our nation. (and for a bit more encouragement, here’s May Feelings courtesy of Waltzing Matilda — and many others — who have linked to this)
It’s been one heck of a week, but I wanted to let everyone know that I’m still here, and I hope that all of you had a wonderful Mother’s Day!
I’ll give you one guess as to how incredible OUR Sunday Mass was! Here’s to good friends who made the day even more special. (Many, many thanks to “The Wanna Be” for loaning her sweet daughters — and husband — to us to celebrate this big moment in Kathryn’s life!) Proud grandparents… And proud Godparents … [Read more…]
