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Sixteen
I started a Daybook entry on Monday and never finished. A huge part of what I was feeling and thinking about was my oldest child's sixteenth birthday. Today.Oh how I love the young woman she has...
View ArticleFoggy Morning Daybook
Right now...still attempting to wake teens. Found Johnny playing in the bathroom by the toilet when I thought he was downstairs with his sisters. I'm giving up on school this morning and tending to...
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Light a Candle
And keep in your prayers little Jedi's family. St. Jedidiah, pray for us!O God, whose beloved Son did take little children into his arms and bless them: Give us grace, we beseech thee, to entrust this...
View ArticleThanksgiving Daybook
Right now...I'm pretty sure the little girls are playing Alice in Wonderland. Carmen, my struggling reader with a profound love of books, took it upon herself to read the book. She did not want my...
View ArticleHalfway
Is it possible I am really halfway through this pregnancy? The calendar and that little wheel thing at the midwife's office say it's true. I still have trouble wrapping my mind around it. I look down...
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Thanksgiving
...is a day early in our house.Ultrasound shows a very healthy, measuring perfect for dates little...girl! And all is looking very good for me right now.For whatever reason we were all very sure it was...
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Happy Feast!
Chaplet of the Immaculate ConceptionSign of the CrossV. O God, come to my aid;R. O Lord make haste to help me in my time of need.First Group of Beads: I thank thee, O eternal Father, For having by Thy...
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Nearly Christmas Daybook
Right now...kids are getting breakfast. I woke very early and was able to do the Office and Morning Prayer right from my bed (thank you itouch). Johnny woke up soon after and I snuggled with him. As he...
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New Year's Daybook
Right now...kids are getting dressed, breakfast cleaned up. We woke a little late this morning. One teen has yet to emerge. (Ah, here she is.)In a little while...school, doctor, school, ballet. In that...
View ArticleMore About the Middle Ages
I've updated the page on where we are in our Middle Ages Study. Its a work in progress and I hope I can add more links of resources and materials we're actually using. Mostly because I want to keep a...
View ArticleReflecting the Love of God
A conversation Lilly and I had the other day centered on who I would entrust the care of my children with should something tragic happen to me and Dave. It really was not morbid at all and led to a...
View ArticleDaybook on the March for Life
Right now...I am attempting to post from my itouch. This will probably be shorter than usual.In a little while...Need to put some real clothes on, drop teens at church, find something fun, maybe artsy...
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Small Steps Together: Contagious Joy
My almost 15 year old daughter has been teaching me about joy. Yes, teens can be sullen, moody and silent. She definitely has her moments. But the past few weeks she has resolved to be helpful and...
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Simply Waiting
Soon I will welcome a new daughter. This time my preparations have been marked by careful vigilance of my health with the awareness I may be holding her sooner than expected. I find myself having to...
View ArticleThe Begining of Lent
A week ago I was in the hospital. I had contractions that needed several doses of medication to come to a stop and some abnormal blood work that prompted the doctors to want to monitor me closely. I...
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One More Week
So many blessings I can count this week, but the best of all is just that, one more week.One more week for my little girl to stay tucked up inside under my heart, one more week of feeling her stretch...
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Where I Knit My First Garment
About 17 years ago I taught myself how to crochet. I was amazed how quickly I picked it up and how much I loved it. But it seems it is in my blood. My grandmother (on my mother's side) crochets. She...
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Worth Doing Right
No picture.I am starting over.I got through to the end of the decreases and I somehow ended up with way to many rows. I somehow must have increased too many stitches on row 11. I was happy to live...
View ArticleGo Laugh
I know, I know. What a totally random thing to pop back in and blog.But it is so funny.http://www.creativeminorityreport.com/2011/06/major-announcement-we-are-gods.html(I'm doing this from my iPod, so...
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Suds and Soccer
I started this post earlier and it quickly become rambly and incoherent.You see, I was caught up in the thrill of the US Women's Soccer team win over France.They go on to the final for the Women's...
View ArticleOn the Eve
I'm not sure that I have ever written much on the 9/11 Anniversaries. I can never seem to find the right words. Even now, I struggle. I write a sentence, then delete the whole thing.But I want to try....
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Daybook: Back to School
Right now...Kids are finishing up breakfast, though some who shall remain nameless have not emerged from their caves. Late start this morning.Later today...The start of ballet for Kay and Aggie. Aggie...
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Daybook: Halfway Through September
Right now...Kids should be eating breakfast, but they are playing in the front room instead.Later today...I have to mow the lawn before we start lessons. Don't worry, it is the size a postage stamp. It...
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