God is good
One of the things I've always loved about nursing an infant is how much time it gives me to read. I think holding a fuzzy-headed baby in my arms while immersed in a good book might just be one of the...
View ArticleBusy and Blessed
I really thought I would post more once the baby came, but now I'm so busy getting back into my routine that I hardly sit down at the computer anymore. My evenings are mostly dedicated to nursing de...
View ArticleBrain Drain
A really interesting article on brain function appeared in the Atlantic recently. The author intends mainly to show that criminals may not be as culpable as we consider them to be, but his arguments...
View ArticleArchbishop on the Move
The Archdiocese of Philadelphia has announced today that Holy Father Pope Benedict XVI has appointed Archbishop Chaput to their diocese as a replacement for Cardinal Rigali.My primal reaction is,...
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Seven Quick Takes Friday
1. I'm back home after my annual trip to northern Michigan. Every year, I compare coming home to re-entry from a space flight: it's fast, rough, and shakes me right down to my cells. Every year I...
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Checking In
I'm still here, just not posting much. I've been such a bad blogger of late. Mostly it's because I'm trying to get a handle on my real life. I found the camera, so I can show you!This was the parlor...
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7 Quick Takes Friday (Procrastinator's Edition)
1. I left the house yesterday morning at 8:25 and didn't return until 4, then had to accompany my daughter to a Halloween party which began at 6, so I feel I have some excuse for not getting this quick...
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Taking a Leap
It's pretty clear to me what I am being called to do. This post, and this one, and this one, and the first comment on this one all point to the same conclusion: Stop trying to do it all yourself and...
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Seven Quick Takes Friday
1. I love this season. I love the decorations, the food, the gift-giving, the songs, the traditions and most of all, the joy of celebrating our Lord's birth! I am grateful every day for the fact that...
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7 Quick Takes Friday
1. I keep having posts run through my head but then I am not A. organized enough to sit down and type them or B. confident enough that they're worth writing. So I figured I'd do a few, briefly, and see...
View ArticleConsistent Ethic of Love: Marriage
I intend this to be the first in a series exploring the interrelations between poverty and the choices we make every day.Joseph Cardinal Bernadin, the late Archbishop of Chicago, spoke about a...
View ArticleConsistent Ethic of Love: Humility
My MIL paid me the nicest compliment the other day. While helping me get ready for a special dinner out, she looked at the clothes we were trying to form into a nice outfit and said, "You could look...
View ArticlePalm Sunday
YAY! Last week of Lent! Easter's almost here! This is the home stretch of Lent, where it gets harder before it gets easier. I'm looking forward to Holy Week and spending some time contemplating the...
View ArticleKindle Reviews: Relentless, How to Hepburn, Anna Dressed in Blood, A Monster...
My husband got me a Kindle for Mother's Day. I fight technology and the acquisition of new "stuff" pretty vociferously, but he just knew me better than I know myself and went right ahead and made the...
View ArticleStruggles
There has been so much going on internally over the past few months, but very little of it that I feel I can share in a public forum. I can briefly say that I am struggling in my marriage, struggling...
View ArticleKindle Reviews: The Weird Sisters, North and South, The Immortal Life of...
The Weird Sisters, by Eleanor BrownThis New York Times bestseller deals with the lives of three sisters, Rose, Bianca, and Cordelia, whose father is a Shakespeare nut and professor of English...
View ArticleFreedom and Suffering
I think I am drawing closer to acceptance. I was reflecting today on what it means to be free. For if God has given us our freedom, it means we are responsible for our choices. We are not puppets,...
View ArticleWarning, bit of a rant coming up.
Okay, this is not how I usually do things, but in these circumstances I'm just going to paste part of an email I wrote to a friend because it's very much how I am feeling. I honestly don't have the...
View ArticleCheap Waste
This attitude of “It’s cheap, let’s buy more!” is precisely what is fueling the fast fashion industry. By pumping out millions of new styles at lower prices every week, retailers have consumers hooked...
View ArticleHyperemesis Gravidarum
An amazing post from a mother of 6 who suffered much more than I with her pregnancies: Hyperemesis GravidarumI completely understand everything she is talking about in this post; that's how my first...
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