I just love this second reading from today’s Office of Readings and had to share it: From a letter to Diognetus Christians are indistinguishable from other men either by nationality, language or customs. They do not inhabit separate cities of...
I bought Moira Farrell’s Home Catechesis Manual for Ages 3-5 for the Catechesis of the Good Shepherd more than a year ago. (about halfway down on this page.) I finally gave my first lesson today. What has been holding me back? The materials...
Anthony likes curry; but not with rice. He pushed away the first bowl I gave him and then whined till I gave him some sans rice. So far we’re evenly split: Sophie and Anthony like curry while Ben and Bella eat only plain rice. 1. We told the...
1. I finally replaced the batteries in our scale this week and discovered that for the first time in almost seven years I’m back down to within five pounds of my pre-pregnancy weight. My pre-Bella pregnancy weight that is. I’ve been...
The New England Catholic Homechool Conference is May 19 in Methuen, MA and for the first time it is near enough for going to be feasible for me. I am very much looking forward to it. Are you going to be there? If so, please let me know...
Last week I discovered that the church where I’ve been going for my weekly Holy Hour has a lending library. It was one of those fortuitous discoveries. In happened that I had runny nose and wheezy chest from the chilly walk from my car to the...
So today Bella and I started reading a little book that I bought with the intention of looking forward to her first confession and first communion. I’m not positive she will be ready next year; but she’s expressed a very strong interest...
