Wife, mother, blogger, Catholic ministry. I love to garden even when it goes wrong. Same with writing (and we know it can go wrong.) Believing that God is present in all of it.
How do we thank a man who has brought such richness to our own spiritual experiences? A man who by changing himself ultimately changed the world? Well, to start we make a fun but pertinent video about him. Here is one called “The Olive”. My kids love it, but really so do I! Enjoy and…
On June 7, 1993 my husband and I lost a dear friend (his best friend) quite suddenly. It took my closely knit group of friends by total surprise and devastated as you can imagine, his fiancée. His death was completely avoidable (it was unattended appendicitis) but the family who is a large gregarious bunch that…
I should preface this post with a disclaimer: All of my girls are tough. They are all very capable and pretty well-rounded but Syd gets the attention today…My middle child (as she likes to playfully lament) was born after only 4 hours of labor and 20 minutes of delivery. I remember looking at her and saying,…
This is the big weekend! My three children are in the local production of Scrooge. They have been working really hard for about a month in preparation for it. Each of them has given something up to be part of it. My husband and I have adjusted our schedules and the household schedules to accommodate…
So today was much more cheery than yesterday. I was carrying a lot of worry and anxiety….and it came to a head last night seeing pictures of people’s lives in devastation. I went to bed, as I always do when the world is too much. Of course it was 10pm. I woke to sunshine and birdsong…