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September 2015

September 06, 2015

Will, Determination, Cross Country, and Growing Up

Yesterday, my eldest son ran in his first ever Cross Country meet. I don't know...

July 2015

July 23, 2015

Life as a Big Family Mom

**I'm turning my blog over to guest bloggers while I'm in Los Angeles with Ella....

April 2015

April 28, 2015

Fluffy Kitty Slippers and The Papal Nuncio

This past weekend, Ella and I went to the WCMX World Championships which were being...

April 08, 2015

Dear Ella – one year in

Dear Ella, It was one year ago that you first needed crutches to be able...

March 2015

March 19, 2015

Jesus’s Stepdad

I've asked my kids about John the Baptist and the Blessed Mother. Today we're talking...

March 18, 2015

4 Parenting Hacks That Make It Just A Little Easier

When you find something that works, you should pass it along. Parenting is tough work...

March 17, 2015

Her first speaking gig

Once upon a time, I was the mother of the shyest child who ever lived,...

March 06, 2015

How do we raise men like that?

Today is the 179th anniversary of the Fall of the Alamo, and it has me...

February 2015

February 27, 2015

They really look like that

I didn't see snow until I was almost 19 years old, which is absolutely the...

February 21, 2015

A Mother of Martyrs

The great faith of this brother of two of the Coptic 21 astounded me as...

February 16, 2015

Chatting About “Wheel Life” with Kelly Mantoan

I first heard of Kelly Mantoan last summer at Edel in Austin. I don't know...

February 06, 2015

6 New Ideas for Celebrating St Valentine (and his day) with Your Kids

Valentine's Day is next weekend, and all over Pinterest the moms are looking for cute...

February 02, 2015

Jesus’s Stinky Cousin

Back in December, I asked my children to describe Mary for me. It went so...

January 2015

January 25, 2015

We don’t have the right to force someone to stay pregnant

My previous post about abortion has sparked some interesting conversations in its comment box, on...

January 16, 2015

Lessons from the sickroom

I spent most of last week with one child and then another sleeping on me,...

December 2014

December 29, 2014

2014 – Our Most Blessed Year to Date

This year started for us with an unintended pregnancy (about which I told the truth)...

December 22, 2014

Please Don’t Go to Mass This Christmas

This weekend on Facebook, at least a half-dozen friends posted queries as to whether or...

December 14, 2014

Stealing their Humanity with our Kindness

We were cruising through the grocery store when I heard Ella say to herself,...

December 09, 2014

The Most Beautiful of Christmas Trees

This morning, my sons (ages 7 and 13) came to me and asked for permission...

October 2014

October 30, 2014

Keeping Me Humble

This morning I had an important Skype interview - actually more of a pre-interview interview...

September 2014

September 25, 2014

Good For My Heart

I overslept my morning CrossFit class this morning, and thought I'd slip out for a...

September 19, 2014

Being Simon

**I originally wrote this post in 2012, but needed the reminder yesterday. I thought you...

September 09, 2014

Dear God, What Have We Done?

**I'm not looking for platitudes or reassurance here. I'm just giving you a window into...

August 2014

August 26, 2014

Because They’ll Carry You

We parked her wheelchair on the boardwalk at the edge of the dunes, and I...