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March 2010

March 18, 2010

Mama Monk Interview!

I know many of you dear readers have come by my blog because you love...

March 17, 2010

Hey there, St. Patrick

I’m not Irish. My step mother-in-law is and that could possibly count for something. Otherwise,...

March 16, 2010

I’m so tired of the word “nice.”

Why is “nice” the preferred morality term for all toddlers everywhere? I keep thinking that...

March 15, 2010

Why Hopkins is the man.

I sat awkwardly bent forward in a thick oak chair, bulky in a sweater and...

March 12, 2010

Passing the faith

A few weeks ago, I sat around with some fellow mothers discussing the great dilemma...

March 10, 2010

Fully Present

This morning I can breathe through my nose! My son slept through the night. And...

March 09, 2010

Introducing…Thankful Tuesday!

In my earnest, outgoing, college-is-like-church-camp! freshman year, I met with two friends at seven every...

March 08, 2010

The Mamas Share: Bishop’s Sonnet?

If you’ve been reading, you know that I love Elizabeth Bishop and you know that...

March 05, 2010

Examining the Ordinary

This has not been a week of Benedictine bliss. In fact, I’ve been a failure...

March 03, 2010

What I was thinking about this morning while I lay awake at 4 am, unable to go back to sleep, due to the massive amount of snot in my head.

Why do I have to be sick for a third day in a row? Aren’t...

March 02, 2010

Inefficiency and the Selfish Mama?

Since we’ve had a such an interesting discussion on hospitality over the past few days,...

March 01, 2010

Sick Day

As I write this, my throat feels like I swallowed a watermelon and I’m recovering...

February 2010

February 26, 2010

Let’s talk hospitality.

Friends, I know you’re out there. At least, I hope you’re out there. I was...

February 25, 2010

Vigils

"I will watch for you before dawn, that I may see your strength, O Lord."...

February 24, 2010

Post Mom’s Group Confession

I'm usually annoyed by people who confess their "sin of pride." I know that's a...

February 23, 2010

Thank you, Elizabeth Bishop.

So, I've been memorizing Elizabeth Bishop's Sonnet. And I hope that there's possibly someone out...

February 22, 2010

Lent and the Donkey

I'm an old lady about my dark chocolate. I eat the same kind every night...

February 18, 2010

Ash Wednesday

Keep the reality of death always before your eyes… -The Rule of St. Benedict, Chapter...

February 16, 2010

Peace and Amen

It’s not a new thing that kids like to say “Amen.” Churched babies since the...

February 16, 2010

Poetry, Mamas

It was poetry that won me over to words before I even knew a person...

February 16, 2010

Coming Back

I am far from your image of the monastic life: the serenity, the wisdom, the...