{pretty, happy, funny, real} ~ Capturing the context of contentment in everyday life ~ I wasn’t going to participate this week; but then I snapped this photo this afternoon. {pretty} The beautiful faces of my eldest and youngest both sleeping...
Bearing has suggested a new blog recipe roundup and I love the concept: empty cupboard meals. I love it so much that I’m totally going to jump the gun and write a post on the subject now. This is really timely because I did an empty cupboard...
�Our body is a cenacle, a monstrance; through its crystal the world should see God.� ~Saint Gianna Molla Kate Wicker posted this on her blog the other day and it’s been sitting in my heart ever since. It came to mind yesterday afternoon when I...
from Scattered: How Attention Deficit Disorder Originates And What You Can Do About It by Gabor Mate M.D. The skill of attention that begins during the initial stages of brain growth and mental development goes through several important...
A while back Dom posted on his blog about his “Father’s Liturgy of the Hours.” Father told an anecdote in his homily about a friend of his who set his cell phone to beep on the hour every day to remind him to pray for his wife and...
toothbrushing 1. I’ve been “reading” Make Way for Ducklings with Ben. It is a very different experience than reading to the girls: “Here’s a car. Here’s a car. There’s a car.” He is not really...
Yesterday Bella looked out the front window and spied this weed that looked like a dandelion that had a huge stalk growing up through the azalea bush. It was taller than Bella and had leaves that looked like a dandelion. Today we went out to...
An anecdote that I forgot to include in my late night roundup of my trip. In Charlotte I was quite surprised when I walked into the women’s room to find that there was an attendant. The sign at the door said something like: “This room is...
Palm trees. Nope, we’re not in New England anymore, Anthony. On Friday Anthony and I flew to Florida, just the two of us, to attend the wedding of a good friend of mine from college. Although we went to college in Texas (I’ve only been...
Hallie is hosting a round-up of engagement stories. I think I’ve written a short version of this before. But I felt like writing it out again. Because a good story is worth re-telling don’t you think? Just so you know. this isn’t...
