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February 2013

February 19, 2013

Some Thoughts and My Birthday

I've been thinking a lot since my post last week. Many of you gave me...

February 14, 2013

A Hologram of Motherhood

Spiritual motherhood is stalking me. I've tried to file a restraining order, but she keeps...

February 12, 2013

Chisel Blows

I'm sure everyone who reads this blog (and doesn't live under a rock) has heard...

February 06, 2013

My Sisters the Saints

Today I am over at Ignitum Today reviewing Colleen Carroll Campbell's most recent book, My...

January 2013

January 31, 2013

Humiliation and Trust

There I was, in the cold exam room. My toddler in her stroller in the...

January 28, 2013

How I Learned to Stop Worrying and Love the Bottle

It's taken me a while (almost 2 years) to finally feel ready to really talk...

January 09, 2013

Closer to God, Closer to Heaven: Helping our Children Grow in Faith

When our daughter was baptized in March 2010, her godparents presented us with a gift...

December 2012

December 06, 2012

St. Nicholas Visits Our Home

We woke up this morning to some presents from the ever generous St. Nicholas. Well,...

December 04, 2012

Game Changer

Ha! You thought I was going to announce I am pregnant, and that's the game...

November 2012

November 29, 2012

Day 26, 27, 28, 29: Ooops!

I had so much fun this weekend with family that I didn't miss you at...

November 22, 2012

Day 22, 23, 24, 25: Happy Thanksgiving!

Today is Thanksgiving! What are you doing looking at my blog? Go eat some turkey...

November 21, 2012

Day 21: Margaret Gianna

You all know her more commonly as Maggie. New Year's Eve, 2010. 3 days old...

November 20, 2012

Day 20: Atticus

You knew that was coming, right? The man, the myth, the legend at law school...

November 19, 2012

Day 19: Random Acts of Kindness

Today I am grateful for a blog-turned-chance-encounter-turned-in-real-life friend who God brought into my life this...

November 16, 2012

7 Quick Takes Friday: Days 16, 17, 18

This week there's a lot of be grateful for! 7. Christmas music. Yes, I am...

November 13, 2012

Day 12 and 13: To Be Alive

Ooops. I missed day 12. I knew I was bound to miss one sooner or...

November 07, 2012

Day 7: Our Tradition

Out for a date on my birthday (though not on a Wednesday) We have...

November 01, 2012

Day One: Michael John

Happy Feast of All the Saints! This is my favorite "ordinary time" feast of the...

October 2012

October 03, 2012

You Are What You Eat

Today's post is the first in a semi-regular series on how food and eating can...

September 2012

September 18, 2012

Our Lady of Sorrows

Yesterday, at Ignitum Today, I published some thoughts from the women's conference I attended over...

September 05, 2012

The First and Vital Cell

Human beings are essentially social in nature. The second theme of Catholic social teaching is...

August 2012

August 14, 2012

Summer Salad Extravaganza

Otherwise known as the week when I stopped using the stove. Ok, maybe not completely....

August 06, 2012

Celebration Tastes Like

this. Yes, that's some Asti and dark chocolate called Beauty Bark. Tonight we are celebrating...

June 2012

June 13, 2012

Lumen Christi

Friends, there's a lot going on here this week, so I don't have the time...

May 2012

May 16, 2012

Obligatory Mother’s Day Post

I have a love/hate relationship with Mother's Day. Unsurprisingly, I don't remember the first several...

May 09, 2012

In Music City, Girls in Pearls, and the Best Mother’s Day Gift Ever

7. Oh my goodness, it would seem it's been two weeks since my last post....

April 2012

April 19, 2012

Catholic Birth Control?

Friends, I need to float an idea I've been chewing on for the last several...

April 16, 2012

A Fair Few

Friends, I have a few things I need to share. First, wow. I did not...

April 10, 2012

Car Talk

Ladies, we're car shopping. It's kind of overwhelming. We're in the market for a family...

March 2012

March 14, 2012

Put Love There

I have to admit that when she took the podium, I was inwardly skeptical. "Another...

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