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Sean:Daddy, when I become king, you can be my court jester.

It’s been a bit traumatic here this weekend (please notice that’s traumatic with a little “t”). On Saturday, we celebrated my dh’s birthday. Several of his family members came, including his 85 year old grandmother (who neither looks nor acts like a typical 85 yr old, I might add!) As in just about any situation … [Read more…]

You know, sometimes I just want to run away… for just a few minutes, mind you. I love my children, and I am thrilled to have the vocation of motherhood. Really. I am. But there are those days, when you just need a break for awhile… especially if you are a homeschooling mom, and are … [Read more…]

for the light blogging. It’s been a very needy, but grace-filled week (as opposed to last week, when dinglefritz here somehow forgot to pray for grace every morning, and then wondered why chaos rained down upon her all week…. duhhhhh). As I have been taking care of Marie, who has a cold, I have been … [Read more…]

… how good CATHOLICISM FOR DUMMIES really is! I’ll admit it. I was embarrassed to even pick it up at first. The very name implied that I was completely clueless about the Catholic Faith, and needed some sort of remedial help. Total pride, I know. But, since several friends recommended it to me, I thought … [Read more…]

Often I ask the question, ‘Do you think you are a joy for Jesus?’ How many times I have been answered, ‘I never thought about that.’ Or people protest, saying that to think such a thing would be a lack of humility and would ignore our wretchedness..Yet is it not a matter of the most … [Read more…]

… from the book I Believe in Love by Father Jean C.J. d’Elbee “I want to put you on guard right now against the danger of sensible love. How often I have heard the objection, ‘I tell Jesus that I love Him, but I don’t feel it. It seems to me that I’m not being … [Read more…]

Thanks to the recommendation by Dawn at By Sun and Candlelight, I bought HYMNS by Beth Nielson Chapman. A very worthwhile purchase! The parish that I belong to sings quite a bit of (cough cough) Haugen and Haas songs, so this (and the few Gregorian chant CDs we have) is the only chance my children … [Read more…]

“He prays for us as our priest, prays in us as our Head, and is prayed to by us as our God. Therefore let us acknowledge our voice in Him and His in us.” –St. Augustine “This [after St. Therese entered the convent] began a horrible time of suffering when she experienced such dryness in … [Read more…]