Fr. Philip, my favorite blogging Dominican friar and campus minister at my alma mater, has just posted a homily with a perspective on spiritual warfare I’ve never heard before. I have, however, found myself arguing some of these positions with...
Poor Isabella. After a long morning of wandering about the house while I worked, she was so excited when I looked up and asked, “Do you want to go for a walk before lunch?” She impatiently stamped and snorted while I gathered all the...
It’s either very bad allergies or the beginnings of a head cold. The past two mornings I’ve had to pop a Sudafed on waking up, I was so congested and gagging on mucus. I love Sudafed, the 12 hour pill, the four hour ones for some reason...
I took these pictures on Monday afternoon, mostly because I thought Bella looked so charming in this dress. I prettied her up because I had to take her to my first appointment at my new OB’s office and wanted the cuteness factor to mitigate...
I’ve tentatively identified the tree in our yard as a magnolia based on the leaf shape, flower, and dried seed cones I’ve found. But there are definite differences between it and the southern species I knew in Texas. This northern...
Check out this lovely video by the Dominican nuns of the Monastery of Our Lady of the Rosary in Summit, New Jersey. I love the Moniales blog because it offers a peek into the daily lives of these cloistered nuns. Reading about their lives and seeing...
Aimee at Historical Christian has a great reflection on my long time nemesis: clothes shopping, the fashion industry, and the difficulty of finding modest, flattering, feminine attire. I’ve read many, many good reflections on this...
I think it’s time to clean off the high chair and retire it to basement storage. Isabella has decided she wants to sit at the table with mommy and daddy. She was so insistent about sitting in the chairs, and we were worried about her falling...
from Saint Silouan (1866-1938), Orthodox monk If you want to pray with the mind in the heart and do not manage to do so, say your prayer with your lips and fix your mind on the words of the prayer, as is said in the Ladder of Perfection [of St John...
I’d read that language acquisition doesn’t happen at a constant rate over a period of time; but in bursts. Suddenly it will seem that something connects, new pathways open in the brain, and a child goes through a flurry of learning. This...
