The unbelievable just happened… I got a call from a dear woman who used to belong to our parish years ago. She called from her car phone asking, “Would it be OK if I dropped by for just a few minutes?” AND IT WAS!!! My house was CLEAN, people! CLEAN! There was no “mad dash” … [Read more…]
To my dear, sweet, wonderful friend Perrin, who watched ALL SIX of my kids for FOUR HOURS so I could have some time to myself. She came up with the idea, wouldn’t take “no” for an answer, and did it all with a smile on her face. She is a gracious woman and I’m so … [Read more…]
Here was the kids’ lunch for today — an apple lady bug on a nest of triscuits next to a turkey/mozzerella/pepperoni/pickle flower. [thanks, Mom, for all the times you did this for us!]
Jesus said…”It is not right to take the food of the children and throw it to the dogs.” She said, “Please, Lord, for even the dogs eat the scraps that fall from the table of their masters.” I never gave this verse much thought until I had children… and saw the kinds of messes that … [Read more…]
When I went to the Faith and Family conference in Atlanta, I picked up this booklet on the Passion. After I got home I unloaded all my newly-bought treasures (all three of them) and left this on the counter to “put away later.” Needless to say, it stayed right where it was. As the days … [Read more…]
I just read a wonderful story about Padre Pio in the July issue of CATHOLIC DIGEST and I have to share this. It is an excerpt from the book Meet Padre Pio by Kathleen Stauffer. In Padre Pio’s later years, as word of his stigmata spread, well-meaning crowds gathered around the rustic monastery in Foggia, … [Read more…]
Before Mass this morning: dh: Wow, Christopher, you look so handsome! The girls are going to fall in love with you when you get older! C: If they do, I’m going to battle them. dh: Battle them? That’s not a nice thing to do to someone who loves you! C: That’s what boy love is.
I was sitting at my computer, wanting to catch up on some blogging, when my dh calls from the other room: “Honey — I think you might want to watch this movie!” Not wanting to pass up time with my beloved, and knowing that HE knows my taste in movies, I stopped what I was … [Read more…]
Isn’t it amazing how entertaining little things can be? Take oatmeal, for example. [not cooked… that would be gross… eeewww]. As I was watching my two littlest ones play with dry oatmeal at the kitchen table, I thought to myself, you know, there really isn’t a better toy for little kids. It’s like a sandbox … [Read more…]
I noticed, much to my great dismay, that Thomas is, in fact, growing up. Words that he couldn’t say before are now tripping out of his mouth so easily. So, before I forget it completely, let me note that cereal, for him, was SEE-EYE-YULL. I’m really going to miss that one.