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December 2017

December 22, 2017

Ghost of Christmas Past

In the picture, I’m a smiling girl of six. Raven hair in loose curls swaying...

May 2015

May 07, 2015

Mother's Day Thoughts From a Motherless Daughter

It seems like I write a post about Mother's Day every single year. Mostly, I...

April 2015

April 25, 2015

An Easter Post

Oh, Death! Where is your sting? Oh, Hell! Where is your victory? Oh, Church! Come...

April 09, 2015

A Love Story: Part 1

Part I “And what you thought you came for Is only a shell, a husk...

April 01, 2015

A Prayer for Moving to a New House. With Small Kids. {A Guest Post by Laura}

Laura of Mothering Spirit is one of my "writing role models". I love everything about...

March 2015

March 27, 2015

You Are Not Defined By Your Child: A Guest Post by Nell

What can I say about Nell? She gets me. She's a barefoot urban hippie mama...

March 25, 2015

I Am the Handmaid of the Lord: A Guest Post by Bobbi

I just love Bobbi. She is like the awesome, inspiring big sister I never had...

March 23, 2015

Spiritual Sisters: A Guest Post by Erica

For the first guest post in my "Epic Across the Metro Move 2015" series, the...

March 17, 2015

Tomfoolery and The Best Week of Feasts

Friends, Let me tell you about the state of affairs. Apparently its tricky to pack...

February 2015

February 26, 2015

Father and Forgive

Yesterday's Blessed Is She prompt for the day was father. So I skipped it. Hey,...

February 16, 2015

Thoughts On a Birthday

My birthday is coming again. The knot in my stomach growing just a little each...

February 13, 2015

7 Ideas for Self-Care

I haven't done 7QT in a long time, but after my post earlier this week,...

February 11, 2015

When Repentance Looks Like A Shower

"Rising very early before dawn, he left and went off to a deserted place, where...

February 03, 2015

Birthdays We Missed

I had three very cute blog posts written in my head, celebrating each of the...

January 2015

January 30, 2015

Homes, Old and New

We are selling our house. Actually, it's already a pending sale, just days after going...

January 26, 2015

When Catholic Education Chose Us

This week is Catholic schools week, and although our children are not yet school aged,...

January 22, 2015

When Generosity Looks Like Selfishness

Well, by now everyone who doesn't live under a rock has heard the Pope's comments...

December 2014

December 12, 2014

Parenting, Baptism, Racism, and Justice: A Book Review {Everyday Sacrament}

In the last few weeks I have found myself particularly affected by the outcome of...

November 2014

November 24, 2014

A Book A Day: An Advent Calendar

We are a family of book junkies. Oh glorious books. So when I heard about...

November 17, 2014

Giving Of Thanks: November Books and Recipes

I've been meaning to post about what we've been reading the last few weeks in...

October 2014

October 29, 2014

Halloween at Our House {and a poem}

Halloween is upon us! Maggie has been bringing home delightful crafts from preschool for the...

September 2014

September 29, 2014

Michaelmas and Chaos: Our Feast

This year, I said, I'm going to get my act together. We are going to...

September 03, 2014

9 Months Old, Notre Dame, First Day of School {Photo Dump}

As I sit here drinking my own pumpkin spice latte concoction, complete with kitten marrow...

August 2014

August 13, 2014

When Prayer At Home Seems Lacking

Every time I turn on the evening news, log onto Facebook, or check my email,...

August 04, 2014

The Happiest Day

Today I just want to share a poem that struck me because it...

August 03, 2014

Why Hello There.

Oh Hello. Imagine my surprise when Jen "Something Other Than God" Fulwiler mentioned me...

June 2014

June 25, 2014

A Birthday, A Visit, A Photo Dump

Last Monday was Atticus' birthday, just one day after Father's Day. The children were so...

June 10, 2014

We’re in the Hardest Part {And A Giveaway}

I hate daylight savings time. With a fiery passion I usually only reserve for Twilight,...

June 06, 2014

Father’s Day Gift Ideas {7QT}

This week's quick takes are Father's Day gift ideas that I think are pretty sweet,...

June 02, 2014

Twin Time: Six Months

SIx months ago today, Charlie and Mary Cate were born. This was not our first...

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