When parents let their kids break the rules it makes things so much harder for other parents. This we walked to the local school to see if the new playground was open yet. It wasn’t. Still festooned with caution tape and several signs warning...
Tears are flowing as I read this beautiful meditation by a son at his mother’s deathbed, republished at Sed Contra. What a beautiful witness of the Church’s teaching about the dignity of the human person, of the communion of saints, and...
I just realized today what would have been the perfect title for this blog post: Ad Nauseam. This afternoon was one of those times that all parents of young children will recognize. Bella wanted the same book over and over and over again. I...
It’s a perennial topic on Catholic websites and this week Danielle Bean addressed it again here. So in a different way did Dom here and here. Both conversations are worth reading. But today I found this blog entry at Historical Christian that...
Before we moved I would frequently wake to hear Bella chattering away to herself in her room, contentedly playing, happily absorbed. Since we’ve moved. Maybe once or twice. Generally she wakes up screaming and doesn’t stop until I pick...
The baseboard in her room has molding, so she can’t stand on it like she does in the kitchen. But Bella has her ways. When she first started doing this, I was afraid she’d slip off and dragged my wooden nursing stool over there for her...
Having put Bella down for her morning nap, I was just starting to watch Miss Potter, and had just got through the almost half-hour of previews and was about ten minutes into the film, when a loud jackhammer started just outside the living room...
Bella loves the new glider. I’ve been meaning to post pictures of the glider rocker my parents gave me for my birthday. But Bella’s room was a mess and I couldn’t bear to take photos until it was cleaned. Yesterday I had a sudden...
This afternoon Bella just had to go outside. She stood at the door whining, frantic, like a just-trained puppy. So I grabbed a bottle of water, my shoes and a jacket (Yes, I needed a jacket. In August. New England is so weird.) and out we went. I...
Karen Edmisten has an inspiring article up on her blog about prayer and motherhood: As mothers, we often find it difficult to keep our prayer lives strong because of the unpredictability of our days. If we remember a simple guideline, both our...