Bella now says “Amen” at the end of prayers and regularly (though not always) folds her hands during the blessing before meals. Or at least during the first part, discipline often breaks down and she reaches for food before we get to the...
Why is it that toddlers love to run around naked?
As soon as Isabella’s clothes come off for her evening bath she takes off, dashing around the apartment, shrieking with glee.
by John Updike Make no mistake: if He rose at all it was as His body; if the cells� dissolution did not reverse, the molecules reknit, the amino acids rekindle, the Church will fall. It was not as the flowers, each soft Spring recurrent; it was not...
I don’t think I’ve ever before walked through a room and literally had every eye turn to follow me. Guess that’s what happens when you bring the three week old baby out to dinner. Taking her to the bathroom to change her diaper at...
The fuzz on the back of Sophia’s head is one of the most delightful things in the world.
I’ve never been a big fan of shepherd’s pie; but last night I decided to make it for dinner to use up the last of the lamb leftovers from our Easter dinner. It was an amazing success, almost better than the original lamb roast. I’m...
Poking around the internet, I found a great series of posts that Fr. Longenecker wrote back in February after watching the British television production of Brideshead Revisited. Though I’ve never seen the production, I’ve read the book a...
I haven’t been up to writing substantive posts recently. Not that I’m lacking sleep, not really when Sophia sleeps five hours at a time every single night; but my brain seems to still be on vacation anyway. Fortunately, there are many...
Reader Amy left a comment in a previous post, asking for prayers: I read about your cancer scare last year and was glad to find out that it ended happily. But, I need you to please PRAY for me. My children are 4,3,18 months and I’m...
