We’ve been hoping for a while to get Ben out of the portacrib in the office and into the crib in the girls’ room. The first step in that process is to get Sophie out of the crib. And for that to work in the limited space we have, we...
My friend Dorian is looking for pictures of the domestic church for her new Domestic Church Flickr photo pool: “I’d like to see examples of how you integrate your faith life into your home through altars, prayer corners, decorations for...
The history of salvation is not a small event, on a poor planet, in the immensity of the universe. It is not a minimal thing which happens by chance on a lost planet. It is the motive for everything, the motive for creation. Everything is created so...
Yesterday I lost Sophie at the grocery store. We’d just finished checking out but the register was having trouble printing the receipt and I was waiting for a clerk to fix it. Suddenly a woman in a wheelchair by the door called out that there...
Prayer of Saint Gianna Beretta Molla Jesus, I promise You to submit myself to all that You permit to befall me, make me only know Your will. My most sweet Jesus, infinitely merciful God, most tender Father of souls, and in a particular way of the...
Ben had his one year check up Tuesday. He’d gained more than two inches and yet was almost exactly the same weight. The doctor had me put him back on the scale and checked again. (He’d been screaming and trying to stand while we weighed...
Dear Elizabeth, First, thank you for your beautiful words. Thank you for your story which has spoken to my heart and continues to speak, long after I have turn away from the computer. I woke this morning in the wee small hours. Around 3:30 or so...
I had a high energy day yesterday. I guess sometimes it does happen! I used all that excess energy to make a super fussy artisan bread loaf that was totally worth the effort. The recipe is here: The Power of the Poolish. (With many thanks to Auntie...
Please note, Ben’s new bowls are in proper rainbow order. Very important, that. I did not make a homemade cake; we had a Boston Cream Pie from the supermarket. Very yummy. Not that Ben would know. I love the way Ben smiles and glances at me...
Ben isn’t the only one who got presents yesterday. Check out the three latest additions to my bedside reading pile: Small Steps for Catholic Moms, The Handbook for Catholic Moms: Nurturing Your Heart, Mind, Body, and Soul, and How Do You Tuck...