When Dom finally came home from his six parish tour around noon, I was getting Sophie ready for her nap but we stepped outside into the warm spring sun to say hello to him before she went to sleep. As we chatted at the door, he looked down and...
I hate, hate, hate that tomorrow begins daylight savings time. I have yet to see one person give an explanation of who really wants it. Does anyone? Certainly not anyone with small kids. I’m sick. Last night I couldn’t get to sleep until...
I’m late to the gate, so you’ve probably already heard that Amy has a new blog, Via Media. Go, visit, read, comment. If you don’t know Amy, you should. You really should. This is not going to be a grief-centered blog, although I...
Dom took Bella with him to run errands. Hope Depot at least, perhaps other stops were planned too. A special father-daughter day out. Dom sent in a picture taken with his cell phone: One nice thing about Daddy is he treats you to hamburgers and...
This is obviously Sophie’s week. A video from last night’s dinner: Sophia tastes Thai red curry from Domenico Bettinelli on Vimeo. As most of my readers probably know, Sophie’s been on a pretty restricted diet. She had almost a...
My parents’ present for Sophia arrived today. Thee were two board books, which Sophia, the family’s newest bookworm loves. Also this little skunk finger puppet. Her reaction speaks for itself. Sophia loves her birthday present from...
Joseph Cardinal Ratzinger [Pope Benedict XVI] From a retreat preached at the Vatican, 1983 “My Lord, our King, you alone are God. Help me, who am alone and have no help but you” (Est 4,14) In the Gospel Jesus invites us to pray:...
A video of our little family party: Sophia’s 1st Birthday from Domenico Bettinelli on Vimeo. Sophia had a bit of the chocolate buttercream frosting; but because of her wheat intolerance, she didn’t have any cake. Really, we all know that...
Beautiful girl, you brighten my world.
I can’t believe it’s been a whole year.
This morning Danielle Bean called my attention to a well-intentioned article excoriating the use of Facebook and calling all Catholics to jump on the bandwagon and abstain from Facebooking for Lent. I found the article’s analysis of Facebook...
