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My Favorite First Communion Picture
“Look up, Rosie, like you’re praying to God.” “Good. Now smile.” And this is what you get when you try to pose a weary seven year old in a crowded church after a First Communion Mass. More tomorrow! I need … Continue reading
Posted in Faith, Motherhood
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Marriage and The Wedding At Cana
In our modern culture, weddings are so much more the bride’s thing, so I noticed when the steward sought out the groom when he had something to say about that wine. I pondered those lines for a whole week, and … Continue reading
Posted in Faith, Marriage
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Young Writers Club
I have a lot of hobbies, things I like to do for fun, when I get a little time. I like to paint and draw, but I’m not very good at either one, contrary to my children’s firm belief. I … Continue reading
Posted in Homeschooling, Young Writers Club
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Tom-ishness
Tommy is three, and Tommy is a boy, which means that Tommy takes everything literally. For instance, at breakfast one morning, Davey remarked on how hard a worker Tommy is. Everywhere Davey goes, Tommy is right beside him, helping him … Continue reading
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Good News!
The washing machine is no longer leaking, thanks to my beloved and a new water pump. We finally figured out why the well pump was running ALL THE TIME and got that fixed, too, thanks to my beloved, a new … Continue reading
Posted in Just Me
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Young Writers Club {Week 10}
Well, obviously, I can only remember this post once a week, so what do you say we change how we’re doing things a little? We’re going to link to up to our last week’s essays at the same time that … Continue reading
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Friday the 13th
My washer has been leaking slightly since Advent. Sometime around the beginning of Lent, right around the time we ran the well dry and stirred up all the sediment in the bottom, it stopped, plugged, I imagined, by all the … Continue reading
Posted in Misadventures
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Quotable
So we host a weekly bible study here for a dozen or so people. We spend a couple of hours tidying up before they come. One lady, who is a regular clean-living-room bible study attendee, stopped in this afternoon unexpectedly. … Continue reading
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Sweet Dreams
Hidden in the deep, silent darkness of the very late night, I sometimes tiptoe into the rooms of my sleeping children. I bend over their slumbering bodies, brush a strand of hair from rosy cheeks, and lean in close. Softly, … Continue reading
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Noted
Snack consumption is way down around here. We’re too full of milk to bother eating between meals. It got cold again and, after three or four fireless weeks, we’ve burnt up all our wood and had to split a little … Continue reading
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